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Wrought iron  entrance gates, at Elmfield Park Doncaster West Yorkshire

Restoration of Elmfield Park entrance gates

Wrought Iron Restoration and conservation of two large entrance gates and piers with additional pedestrian entrance gates. Originally forged by renowned ironsmiths Bayliss Jones & Bayliss of Wolverhampton. The wrought ironwork at the park is estimated to be around 1900 they have survived very well indeed probably because the paints and processes BJB used was a lot more advanced than there predecessors, other ironwork in Doncaster was also of the BJB forge.

image of Elmfield park entrance gates with gold leaf detail

Restored wrought Iron Gates, Elmfield Park Doncaster West Yorkshire

image of Elmfield park entrance gates with gold leaf detail painted black

Restored wrought Iron Gates, Elmfield Park Doncaster West Yorkshire

Wrought iron gate piers in the process of gold leaf gilding

Gilding the leaf work with 24 c gold leaf on the wrought iron piers 

wrought Iron entrance gates at Elmfield Park Doncaster

Restored wrought Iron Gates, Elmfield Park Doncaster West Yorkshire David & Jake Cooper

corroded  wrought iron gates recieving restoration

Wrought iron after many years of corrosion, new elements needed to be forged and sympathetically let in

corroded  wrought iron gates recieving restoration

New elements hand forged in genuine wrought iron, detail of healed tenon bottom bar

corroded  wrought iron gates recieving restoration

Wrought iron lantern restoration Burton Agnes Hall

Badly rotted and corroded wrought iron leaf

Wrought iron leaf-work badly corroded estimated 120 years old

Working out the veining on the new acanthus leafs all forged and formed from pure iron sheet

Replacement acanthus leaf nearing completion forged from pure iron

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