Lot Essay
Gifted to the present owner, Mr Gordon Smith, by Barbara Pearse, nee Battie-Wrightson in 1968.
The present house, built by William Wrightson, was begun in 1740 and these gates dated 1733 are a survival from an earlier mansion, shown in a sketch of about 1720 and demolished by him.
It is thought that the gates were part of the formal gardens to Cusworth Manor, but when they were incorporated into the new Estate they stood at the end of a rose avenue, at a stone gateway which linked the walled gardens with the landscaped 'Pleasure Grounds' of Cusworth Park.
The cashbook entry from Cusworth for 1733, leads archive reference BW/A/159, records a payment by William Wrightson for 'Iron Gates' at (18.18.0
Mr Gordon Smith was a trustee for the Cusworth Estate and produced the first ever publication about the history of Cusworth and we are grateful to him for providing us with the research into these gates.
The present house, built by William Wrightson, was begun in 1740 and these gates dated 1733 are a survival from an earlier mansion, shown in a sketch of about 1720 and demolished by him.
It is thought that the gates were part of the formal gardens to Cusworth Manor, but when they were incorporated into the new Estate they stood at the end of a rose avenue, at a stone gateway which linked the walled gardens with the landscaped 'Pleasure Grounds' of Cusworth Park.
The cashbook entry from Cusworth for 1733, leads archive reference BW/A/159, records a payment by William Wrightson for 'Iron Gates' at (18.18.0
Mr Gordon Smith was a trustee for the Cusworth Estate and produced the first ever publication about the history of Cusworth and we are grateful to him for providing us with the research into these gates.