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Gladiator Gate And North Lodge, Glamis Castle

A Category B Listed Building in Glamis, Angus

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.6207 / 56°37'14"N

Longitude: -3.0155 / 3°0'55"W

OS Eastings: 337784

OS Northings: 748115

OS Grid: NO377481

Mapcode National: GBR VJ.3ZFP

Mapcode Global: WH7QJ.NV8B

Plus Code: 9C8RJXCM+7R

Entry Name: Gladiator Gate And North Lodge, Glamis Castle

Listing Name: Glamis Castle Policies, North Lodge (Gladiator) Gate

Listing Date: 11 June 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 344295

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB11700

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200344295

Location: Glamis

County: Angus

Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean

Parish: Glamis

Traditional County: Angus

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Description

Late 17th century. Re-erected on this site late 18th century. Square-section ashlar gatepiers with gladiator sculptures and castellated Tudor screen walls. Hoodmoulds and stone mullions.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: tall piers with pilastered front, cornice and large carved orb finials, lower flanking bays with gladiators. Crenellated screen walls beyond to right with pedestrian gateway to left and 2 bipartite windows (blinded as diamond-pattern glazing) to centre, outer crenellation broader, wall sloping to lower square-section pier at outer right and boundary walls adjoining beyond. Screen wall to left mirrors that to right.

E ELEVATION: lower piers to centre with crouching lions; pedestrian gateway to left, slated piend-roofed rubble lodge beyond with 2 windows and boarded timber door on return to right. Pedestrian gateway to right of centre with evidence similar building beyond.

GATES: decorative wrought-iron gates.

Statement of Interest

Property of Strathmore Estates (Holding) Ltd. Two other gates, the De'il (Main) and Outer (Kirk) Gates, were also relocated in 1774 when the court walls close to the castle were demolished. Stirton attributes the gladiators and lions, and satyres and lions at the Main Gate, to Santvoort who was paid the sum of ?394 in 1684, too great a figure for the amount of work carried out at the Castle.

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