WOOD GARDEN GATES #39

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Wood gate #39-2 as double gates.
Featuring a lower center vertical stile between separate floating T&G panels.

Borrowed, from one of Thomas Jefferson’s original 20 wood gate designs for the University of Virginia campus. Slightly modified

La Jolla, CA

The #39 as a double gate with the Colonial Williamsburg weave. Painted finish. Rocky Mountain Latch E414 and dead bolt with the Silicone Bronze Light patina. The residence itself offers a glimpse of the traditional architecture and railings of 17th century Pennsylvania while blending the disparate rooflines and niches of a creative west coast architect.

Belvedere, CA

Colonial wood gate #39-3 in Belvedere, California.  Set to stone columns, with jambs. Rocky Mountain latch E414.

Belvedere, CA

The hamlet of Belvedere is an island off the Tiburon peninsula in Marin County, jutting out into the San Francisco Bay with a topography and nuance reminiscent of the Portuguese coast. Foot paths and stairways meandering among a cluster of residences that are best appreciated on foot. One of the best urban hikes in America. And along one of these hidden stairway hikes is the garden gate #39-3.

Gate design #39 features the lower floating panels as smooth-sawn on both sides (i.e. without the visible tongue and groove edge joints seen in the above examples.

Flourtown, Pennsylvania

Our original Gate style #39 in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.

Flourtown, Pennsylvania

In collaboration with:
John Toates Architecture and Design LLC
Devon, PA 19333
John@ToatesArchitecture.com

Illustrating the use of the Cannonball Gate Closer on the garden gate #39. A gravity-based mechanism that’s been around since the early 1800’s. An appropriate choice here, given that the gate style #39 is a Jeffersonian replication from an age when such closers were common.

Flourtown, Pennsylvania

Like most of the gate designs patterned from the Colonial Williamsburg weave, the angles of our grid drivers on the #39 vary as per the width of the gates. 

IN-PROGRESS
How do I build a wood gate?

A few in-progress images on building the Colonial Weave pattern for the #39. Below, the framework dry-fitted to allow the pattern layout.

G enerally, at some point, it becomes a confusing puzzle.

The various components must be labeled, on the drawings, and on the wood members themselves.

Photo credit: Ben Prowell

Ben Prowell shown with the Colonial Williamsburgh Weave for a wider gate, hence the more obtuse angles.

Photo credit: Ben Prowell