Building record 1332/2/8 - The Gatehouse

The Gatehouse, Off Church Lane. House, mid/late 17th century. Brick with ashlar dressings and stone slate roof. Entrance front - stone plinth, three bays. A later projecting gabled bay slightly to right of centre, with older stone above bearing coat of arms. To right of this bay is a four-light ashlar ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed window and ashlar pediment and tympanum. Three-light ashlar mullioned window to first floor. Full architectural description (1). The gatehouse is contemporary with and attached to the garden wall (RN: l332/ 2/2). It is not practical as a gatehouse for the Hall, but may be a garden building, such as a banquetting house beloved by Elizabethan gentry (2).

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 58600 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

<2> Turner R C, 1986, The Gardens at Gawsworth Hall, /2 (Oral Communication). SCH3124.

<3> English Heritage, 2001, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest (Report). SCH2822.

<4> AAA Archaeological Advisors, 2006, Gawsworth New Hall, Repairs to Pool Wall: Report of an Archaeological Watching Brief, R2628 (Client Report). SCH4671.