New-York tribune., 1901-01-13
CARSHALTON PARK GATES.
AN ORNAMENTAL RELIC OF AN HISTORIC
MANOR MAY BE BROUGHT TO AMERICA

AN Ci'NAME-NTAL RELIC OF AN HlSTORlV
MANOR MAY BE BROUGHT TO AMERICA
brief paragraph in the London dispatches
of last week said that a wealthy American
whose name was not given. was negotiating for
the purchase of "A venerable relic in the shape
OF the gates Of Carshalton Park Surrey Eng
iard- There are several more or less remarkable
things about Carshalton. none of which are likely
t" hay" proved m inducement to any American
Samson of finance 70 carry off the gates thereof
ana set them up in his own land. The name of
the ancient manor is Il beautiful example of
raradoXital orthoepy. the pronunciation being
as If 1t Were spelled CdyshOrton. The manor
itself is famous for its walnut trees and used
to he famous for its trout fishing which COM
hInation Of natural advantages three centuries
ago elected a classical joke from the pen of the
learned antiquarian Fuller, And it was there
that the rourtly Sir Francis Carew pronounced
GARY another orthuepicai paradox) when he
entertained Queen Elizabeth wrought what
considered in those days 4 marvel of horticult-
ural skill by keeping the fruit on a cherry tree
from ripening until 4 month after its time. max
ing it wait the imperial pleasure of Her
Grace.
The only association 1f the place which might
have tempted American to spend money
a large relic of it is the fact that West HorIey
shalton. after remaining for many centuries in
the possession of the Clrew family. passed
through Sir Nicholas Throckmorton to his
nephew. Carew Raleigh. the son Of Sir Walter
Raleigh, whom his wife Elizabeth bore to- him
In the Tower If London. 1t this son of the
great Raleigh whom James would not receive
AT Court. saying that he appeared like his
fathers ghost" But even this remote connec-
uon OF these gates with the adventurer whom
som" regard as the earliest pioneer of American
enterprise Is ilIusory. The east gates of the
park. of which the inhabitants of that neighbor-
hood are So proud that they are said 20 he get
TING up a subscription to keep them from beins;
sold out II England. did not exist in the days
Of Raleigh. or Of his son. OF of his sons son
Toward the md Of The seventeenth century
Carshalton MAS sold To- "A rich London merchant
pi tho name II ScaW"u. who heIurathed it ta
his son Thomas The latter had Inagniticeit
ideas. and engaged L-oni. a famous Italian
architect Of tAat period. To build him new
manor house Ths elaborate park gates of car
ShaIt"H. with their hOrii ironwoTk. once giIded
or hi"nz-d. ana the lraden statues OF Diana and
A'J'"h +ufnouHtIuS tl.' two ends OF the struct-
uT". d1,c from lhpUt Tho year 1870 They were.
IN iI't. al mat Was ever realized of I.eOni's
Er"tdI's' designs. The work was arrested by
the death of Thomas Scawen. and has never
been rcc"nmenced. Leoni had to content him
SELF with publishing his Carshaton plans in an
edition of A!bertis standard work on architect
ure. which he himself issued in 1872
II the gates of CarshaIton are carried eff and
lodged somewhere in this country. the acauisi
ton may enrich America in an artistic sense
but will have little. II any historical or antiaua-
rian value