Classic Property Fence (BP238)

BP238 focuses on the classics. Its scrolled crests rise between brick pillars, and the ornament is rich yet restrained, so the fence is beautiful without being overwhelming.

Forged fences have been made for palaces and residences for centuries, often by great masters. We try to match or exceed the quality of their work, which has nothing to do with the mass-produced fencing found everywhere today.

Rich but restrained ornament

BP238 is built on a classic formula. Upright bars with spear tips form the body of each span, and above them rises a crest of C- and S-shaped scrolls arranged symmetrically around the centre. The ornament is generous enough to give the fence character, but it stays within the outline of the panel, so the frontage looks dignified rather than showy.

This frontage belongs to a two-storey family house, where the panels stand on a wall of yellow brick between matching pillars. Warm brick and black steel are a classic pairing that works in town and in the countryside.

Learning from the old masters

Fences like this have surrounded palaces and town houses for centuries, and the best of them were made by masters whose work still survives. We study those historic railings: how thick the bars were, how the scrolls were joined with collars, how the crests were proportioned. Then we make our own fences with the same attention, using modern corrosion protection so that they last even longer.

That approach has little in common with mass-produced fencing, where ornaments are pressed from thin sheet and welded onto tube. On BP238 every scroll is a solid bar bent and finished by hand.

Over more than twenty years of work we have also built up our own library of patterns, so a client can point to a detail on one of our earlier fences and ask for it to be used again.

A tidy frontage from the street

A fence is the first thing people see of a house, so its line matters. On BP238 the crests reach the same height in every span, the bars are spaced evenly and the panels are aligned with the brickwork, which gives the whole street front a neat, deliberate look. Near the driveway the crest can be raised to frame the gate and draw attention to the entrance.

• spans made to the spacing of your pillars,
• a crest with or without a central motif,
• spear, ball or fleur-de-lis bar tops,
• a finish in black, graphite or deep brown.

Made for daily family life

The panels are welded into a stiff frame and fixed firmly to the pillars, so they cope with wind, snow and the occasional knock from a car door or a bicycle. Children and dogs stay safely inside, while the garden remains visible and the house keeps a friendly, open look.

For the entrance, our traditional driveway gates speak the same language, and the scroll crest can be repeated on balcony railings.

Many owners also add a forged house number or a small letterbox set into the fence beside the pedestrian gate. Made in the same scroll pattern, such details make the whole frontage look complete and carefully thought through.