Description

NY 52 NW,
4/186

SOCKBRIDGE AND TIRRIL,
SOCKBRIDGE,
Former gatehouse attached to south-east angle of Sockbridge Hall (q.v.)

(Formerly listed with Sockbridge Hall)

06.02.68

G.V.

II

Gatehouse, now outbuilding. Probably late C16. Stone rubble with ashlar.
South elevation and dressings, slate roof. West end has coped gables with
kneelers and flattened peak; east end has gable coped to south. South elevation
of 2 storeys and 3 bays. Hollow-chamfered-mullioned windows. Central chamfered
Tudor-arched through passage; entrance to right has timber lintel. 1st floor
has 3-light transomed windows under dripcourse with small lower projections with
returns. West end has blocked 3-light transomed window with label mould to 1st
floor. Chamfered triangular-headed entrance and later 1st floor entrance up
steps, which block window. East gable end has blocked 3-light window to each
floor; later lean-to privy has 2 holes to seat. North elevation has segmental
arched through passage; window above of 3 round-headed lights, sunk spandrels
and label mould, now blocked. Inserted casement window to east end of ground
floor. Roof has 4 tie-beam and strut trusses.

Listing NGR: NY5037527028

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26604953

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)