We entered Cashiobury Park through a recently erected Gothic gateway and lodge, built, as we were informed, from the proprietor's own designs. The style was that sort of Elizabethan Gothic which prevails in the house. The execution was most substantial; and, to give the appearance of age, it was painted over, and splashed in imitation of moss and weather stains. The gates were hung with Collinge's patent hinges, which open and shut with the least possible friction, and remain stationary at whatever point they may be left. In this last respect, they are not so desirable for gates in general as the common hinges, and mode of hinging; by which the gate falls to, or falls back, of itself, and is only at rest when perfectly shut, or opened to the greatest width. With such gates as the present, however, and in all cases where a door or a gate is likely to be carefully shut by the person who opens it, Collinge's hinges are by far the best; and it is highly gratifying to see a nobleman alive to their merits and patronising them.
