The heaviest pair we build. Two solid steel panels, a cross brace welded across each, and a swept line across the top that turns the turn-in off the road into an arrival.
Set across the solid lower panel of each leaf sits the signature Winslow move — a single, honest 75 × 25 RHS cross brace, welded corner to corner. It's not ornament. It's the language of barn doors, stable gates and the working entrances of properties built to last more than one generation. Carried here in heavy galvanised steel, in leaves you actually have to lean into to swing. Across a driveway it reads twice: two crosses facing each other, holding the whole opening together as one composition.
Behind each cross, a full 2mm steel backing sheet with feature rivets — not slats, not gaps, not a peek through to the cars and the front lawn. The driveway is the widest opening in the boundary and usually the one that gives everything away. This closes it. Above the rail the pair opens up with vertical uprights to let air and light through, so it never reads as a wall. Closed where it should be closed. Open where it should be open.
Welded at every joint in our Tamworth workshop from premium Australian steel — 75 × 75 SHS gate sides, hefty 75 × 50 RHS rails, 75 × 25 RHS crosses and uprights, solid steel backing panels. The top doesn't run flat: it lifts at the outer edges and sweeps gently through the centre, so the pair reads as one drawn line rather than two rectangles pushed together. A straight rail is far cheaper to build. This is the reason people slow down at the front of the property without quite knowing why.
Hardware is where an expensive-looking gate gives itself away, usually inside the first year — and on a pair this heavy there is nowhere for a weak hinge to hide. Depending on the size you order, a set of Winslow leaves weighs between 98 and 152 kilograms. So both hinge sides are finished level, full height, specifically to carry a pair of heavy-duty ball bearing hinges each. Sealed 180° bearings take the load instead of grinding against it, rated well beyond the weight of the gates, so they swing smooth and effortless and never drop or drag. Each hinge is fully adjustable on a threaded stem, so the installer can dial both leaves square on their posts and set the centre gap true on site — then leave it set. Zinc plated for the weather. Included in the price, not an upsell.
Tell us the opening and we'll draw the pair to suit it. Leaf split, swing direction, the height you want at the outer edges and the depth of the sweep through the middle are all set before a single cut is made — because on a double the centre is the first thing the eye lands on, and a pair that meets true is the difference between an entrance and two gates. Nothing is trimmed or forced to fit on site. And if you plan to automate now or later, tell us at the order: an opener only ever performs as well as the hinges underneath it.
Most driveway gates apologise. The Winslow doesn't. Heavy 75 × 50 rails. A 75 × 25 cross brace welded corner to corner across a solid steel panel on each leaf. Gate sides you can rest a hand on and feel the metal answer back. There is no flex in it, no rattle, no hollow note — it swings as one piece and closes with intent, and it stays exactly where you put it through wind, weather and decades of daily use. You do not have to know anything about steel to feel the difference. You feel it the first time you push a leaf open.
It's also a gate with a clear point of view about who it's for. The Hamptons-styled home that's taken years to get right. The rural property at the end of a long drive. The heritage house thoughtfully extended. The architect-drawn rebuild finally finished. The Winslow is the entrance for the home you've spent years getting right — and the one your kids will know by sight before they know its name.
It isn't the cheapest way to close a driveway, and it was never meant to be. An aluminium gate is a purchase — replaced when it sags, fades or dents, and the second one costs what the first one did. A Winslow is fitted once. Australian galvanised steel in the heaviest sections in our range, welded at every joint by hand, four-stage bonded powder coat, heavy-duty ball bearing hinges in the box, backed for ten years. Spread across the years it will stand there, it is one of the least expensive things you will do to the front of the house — and one of the very few your children could still be closing behind them.
There's a long stretch between moving in and feeling moved in. The lawn comes in. The hedges fill out. The cars stop looking new. And one day the gates go on at the front of the drive — and every time you turn in off the road, the place reads, from the seat of the car, as the home you've been picturing the whole way through.
It costs more than the gates beside it. It also looks like it grew there. That trade is the entire point.
A timber farm gate fades. A pressed aluminium pair rattles and drops out of line. Here's why the Winslow reads — and ages — completely differently.
| Winslow Steel Double Gates | Aluminium / Timber Gates | |
|---|---|---|
| Arrival at the driveway | Up to 152 kg of welded steel that closes with intent. Reads as estate, not entry-level. | Hollow, light, tinny under the hand — feels like a kit, not an arrival. |
| Signature structural detail | A 75 × 25 cross brace welded across a solid steel panel on each leaf — barn-door honesty, estate-grade execution. | Flat, generic panels — no language, no point of view, nothing for the property to recognise. |
| The line across the top | A swept top drawn as one curve across the pair — the detail that makes it look designed for the house. | A flat rail cut to length — two rectangles pushed together across the opening. |
| Privacy across the drive | Solid lower panels — a real boundary across the widest opening in the fence line. Open above the rail for air and light. | Either all open (no privacy) or all closed (heavy and unwelcoming) — no middle ground. |
| Hinges in the box | Heavy-duty adjustable ball bearing hinges included — a pair per leaf, on level hinge sides built to carry them. | Basic butt hinges, or hardware sold separately — the first thing to sag or seize on a heavy leaf. |
| Made to your opening | Drawn to your width and leaf split, and welded that way from the start. | Stock sizes off a shelf, trimmed or packed out to cover the gap. |
| Meets true in the centre | Welded steel leaves stay square, so the centre gap stays even and the swept line keeps lining up. | Timber drops; lighter leaves sag until the centre gap goes crooked and the latch stops meeting. |
| Ready to automate | Square, true and hung on bearings — the condition every opener needs to work properly for years. | An opener fighting a sagging leaf wears itself out and takes the gate with it. |
| Ages the right way | Heavy welded steel holds its line through wind, sun and twenty Australian summers — looks better as the property grows in around it. | Timber greys off and warps; aluminium fades and chalks; both look worse the longer the property has been there. |
| Finish & colour | Four-Stage Bonded Powder Coat in 26 premium colours — holds colour and lustre for decades. | Standard powder coat or paint — chalks, fades and chips with time. |
| Construction | Welded at every joint in our Australian workshop. No bolts. No kits. No flat-pack. | Typically bolted, riveted or pressed together — failure points show themselves over time. |
| Origin | 100% Australian made in Tamworth, NSW — designed, welded and finished under one roof. | Most are mass-imported and built to a generic spec. |
| Lifespan | Designed to outlive the home it stands in front of. Backed by our 10-Year Structural Warranty. | A replacement cycle, not a lifetime purchase. |
The Winslow double gates are matched by a Winslow single gate and Winslow fence panels — same heavy proportions, same signature cross-brace language, same finish — so the driveway, the front path and the boundary of the property all read as one designed home, not a collection of gates picked from different catalogues.
These are the heaviest gates in the range — up to 152 kg across the pair. The heavy-duty ball bearing hinges come with them, on hinge sides built level to carry that load, so the hardware is already sorted. What they still need from you is posts that can hold all that weight: for a clean swing and a centre gap that stays even we recommend a minimum 100 × 100 mm heavy-duty steel post at each side, and we supply the full range of posts, latches, drop bolts and automation hardware to suit.
Speak to our team before you order. We'll walk you through opening width, leaf split, swing direction, post selection and automation — so the Winslow hangs straight, meets true in the centre and closes clean from day one.
Every Winslow pair is drawn to your opening, so it's worth a conversation before you commit. Welded — never a flat-pack kit — supplied with heavy-duty ball bearing hinges, finished in your choice of 26 premium powder-coat colours and delivered ready to hang. Backed by our 10-Year structural warranty. Speak to our team about sizing, leaf split, posts, hardware and automation if you need it.