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Latitude: 51.374 / 51°22'26"N
Longitude: -2.4416 / 2°26'29"W
OS Eastings: 369358
OS Northings: 163975
OS Grid: ST693639
Mapcode National: GBR JY.SLK1
Mapcode Global: VH893.MQLK
Entry Name: Gatehouse 35 Metres to West of the Castle Keep
Listing Date: 24 September 1984
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1136324
English Heritage Legacy ID: 32585
Location: Newton St. Loe, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Civil Parish: Newton St. Loe
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
ST 66 SE NEWTON ST. LOE NEWTON PARK
7/135 Gatehouse, 35 m. to west of the
Castle Keep
G.V.
I
Gatehouse. C15, altered late C18 - early C19. Coursed rubble with freestone
dressings, hipped slate roofs concealed behind plain and embattled parapets.
2 storeys. West Elevation. Central, heavily moulded, 4-centred archway with
portcullis groove. Large studded plank doors with strap hinges and wicket
door. Flanking square buttresses (C18 - C19) with embattled tops and
embattled parapet on moulded corbels between the buttresses. The right hand
buttress partly obscures a single light window in a double chamfered surround.
East Elevation. 2-light casement windows in double chamfered surrounds, to
3 stages. Buttresses with off-sets flank the archway. The archway has a
2 bay tierceron vault springing from clustered triple shafts and enriched
capitals, bosses carved with foliage, arms, Tudor roses and heads. The north
wall is pierced by 2 segmental headed openings. Scheduled as an Ancient
Monument - Avon County No. 122.
Listing NGR: ST6936063977
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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