This illustration of the proposed entrance gateway and lodge for Cliffe Castle appeared in The Architect magazine of 8th March 1879. The architect behind the design was George Smith of Bradford. It shows two elevations and the plans of the ground floor and chamber. Cliffe Castle at the time was the home of Henry Isaac Butterfield, it had only just been renamed Cliffe Castle having been Cliffe Hall up until 1878. The completed gateway and lodge was an adaptation of these initial plans.
The accompanying caption in The Architect reads: “The lodge and gate shown in the illustration are proposed to be erected on Skipton Road, Keighley, on Mr. H. J. Butterfield’s property. The cost will be about £2,000. Mr. George Smith, of Bradford, is the architect.”
The original document is held in the physical archive of Keighley and District Local History Society. Alongside the plan is a photographic postcard of the entrance published by Lilywhite Ltd. of Triangle in around 1920.
