Description

PORTLAND

SY6871 CHURCH OPE ROAD, Easton
969-1/4/31 (South side)
16/01/51 Gatehouse and Lodges to Pennsylvania
Castle
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH OPE ROAD
Entrance Gateway to Pennsylvania
Castle)
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH OPE ROAD
Lodge to Pennsylvania Castle)

GV II

Gateway with associated but separated lodges. c 1800. For John
Penn, possibly by James Wyatt who designed the main Castle
building (qv). Squared and coursed stone, slate roofs. The
gateway is a wide 4-centred arch with plain chamfer in stepped
crenellated walling; centre section c 4.5m high has moulded
cornice; sides, slightly stepped back, c 3m high extend 1.5m
each side. Arch jambs rebated, with rusted remains of former
hinges; no gates now hung. Approx.15m to the south a small
single-storey structure in large squared Portland block to
crenellated parapet, sunk at centre over pointed plank door
flanked by 2 small lancet slits each side. Wall conceals two
small lodge rooms with raking rubble side walls and inverted
hip roofs either side of the throughway. These lodges are now
separated in ownership from the Castle.

Listing NGR: SY6961071241

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498639

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)