WOOD GARDEN GATES  #53

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Arched wood gate #53-5 as a double-offset. We also are without the two vertical grid frames shown in the original #53 examples.
Nor the open squares and the Pattern Blocks joined between the lower pickets. It might, after all these modifications, be closer to a #20 than the #53. But what remains is the distinctive feature of the top rail arched on top and straight on bottom, and therefore it is labeled as a #53

Available as a double offset, double, or single gate.

For more on Double Off-set Gates, or the links at the bottom of the page listing Similar Styles

Kailua, Hawaii.

Wood fence gate designs #53-5 flanked by local Hawaiian lava stone. Accompanied by the fence panel style #22

Kailua, Hawaii.

Looking out from the property.

The double off-set option is normally determined by an existing walkway, with a width that is somewhat cumbersome as a single garden gate and too narrow for equal double garden gates.

St Helena, CA (Napa County)

Arched wood gate #53-7 as double Off-Set gates with Fence Style #22 and Arbor Style #8.

Fence height at 42″
Gate opening between posts: 63-1/2″

St Helena, CA

Viewed from the property side, showing the cane bolt. The arched wood gate #53-7 mimics the same radius arc as the accompanying arbor #9.

St Helena, CA

Mill Valley, CA
Top open mortised squares
Lower picket Pattern Blocks

Curved wooden gate  #53-3 in Marin County, at 42″ wide, blanketed in the muscle of an enormous climbing vine.

Rocky Mountain bronze gate latch E414

Mill Valley, CA

Photographed 13 years after the initial installation.

Open mortised Squares and Pattern Blocks

The original arched wood gate #53 offers an arching top rail with a level bottom edge. Within the upper pattern, the two vertical dividers allow us to configure for 3 equal grid sizes, both vertically and horizontally, in much the same manner as the Gate Design #52, but with slightly less muscle.

San Anselmo, CA

The second Wood Gate Design #53 in San Anselmo, California (circa 1998). Shown with an early Prowell Arbor and a 3rd party fence.

Mill Valley, CA
Mortised squares and pattern blocks

As a Wood Entry Gate set between two rather unique columns in Mill Valley, California. #53-2 is the original #53, created in 1995 along with Driveway Gate #16-1.

Mill Valley, CA
Mortised squares and pattern blocks

Showing the #53-4 arched wood gate with a unique surrounding assembly designed and built by the homeowners.

Los Angeles, CA
Mortised squares

Gate style #53-6 with a lower solid panel. Complete with the official resident hostess. The homeowner has elected to build the adjoining fence, still in progress.

And what a surprise: Madame Munchkin makes an appearance. Proud of her new gate.

Los Angeles

Now and again there are requests for mail slots within the gates. So we show this for those of you with that interest in mind. The homeowner purchased the actual mailbox, shown below from the property side. For a small charge we cut the slot from the provided specs.

Lower solid panel with open slots, mortised squares, and flat top

Wood Gate #53-1 departs to a straight top rail. Distinguished as a #53 by the two verticals framing the grids.

IN-PROGRESS
How to build a wood gate #53

Laying out the double-Off-Set gates 53-7.

Charles at work on #53-5 in early 2014.

Fairing the profile of the top rail with a drawknife that’s at least three generations old, possibly four.