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Latitude: 51.3513 / 51°21'4"N
Longitude: -1.9967 / 1°59'47"W
OS Eastings: 400328
OS Northings: 161361
OS Grid: SU003613
Mapcode National: GBR 2V1.617
Mapcode Global: VHB4G.B9SD
Plus Code: 9C3W9223+G8
Entry Name: Gate House of Devizes Castle
Listing Date: 19 September 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1249360
English Heritage Legacy ID: 431448
ID on this website: 101249360
Location: Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Devizes
Built-Up Area: Devizes
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Devizes St John
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Gatehouse
1. Gate House of
1042 Devizes Castle
SU 0061 2/217A
II
2.
Dating from the later phase of the present castle's expansion, circa 1860
rock faced gate house. Large round tower and lower square tower flanking
gateway with machicollated crenellated parapets. The double gird pattern
timber gates are set in a large Norman archway, flanked by heavy shafts
with cushion capitals. Above the arch linking the towers a deeply machicollated
parapet with zig zag, the centre merlon stepped up with coat of arms. To
the town front there are only slit windows but facing the castle, the round
tower has small deeply recessed Norman windows and 3 larger ones with leaded
casements, the ground floor one with double gabled dripmould, the others
with arohed dripmoulds. Round headed doorway with dripmould decorated with
lion head at crown. The square tower has 1 similar small Ist floor window
and similar doorway on ground floor, the door with diamond battens and diamond
light. Picturesque.
Listing NGR: SU0032861361
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