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22: 64: 56:. It is the first in a succession of structures encountered by a visitor travelling to the house, but was the last built. It is smaller and more decorative than the next, the Pyramid Gate. At the edge of the estate, it would have originally marked the transition from open fields to the estate's 393: 378: 130: 125: 21: 74:
describes the gate as "very theatrical – pure stage set and, since its extent is so short, clearly incapable of doing any defending at all".
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wall extending for about 30 metres (98 ft), and ending in mock medieval turrets, with two stages,
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describes it as "an exercise in effecting ... feelings of awe and wonder in the visitor".
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Estate Landscapes : Design, Improvement and Power in the Post-medieval Landscape
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The gate with its towers and flanking walls was constructed in 1725, to a design by
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Long view of the route to Castle Howard, with the Carrmire Gate in the foreground
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The structure is in the Italianate style, reminiscent of the work of
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folly
Castle Howard
country house
North Yorkshire
Nicholas Hawksmoor
deer park

John Dixon Hunt
Vaughan Hart
Giulio Romano
limestone
keystone
pediment
rusticated
piers
embattled
cruciform
Grade I listed
Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire
Listed buildings in Bulmer, North Yorkshire
ISBN
9781789146363
ISBN
9781843833703
ISBN
9780300145670


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