Abbey Gatehouse With Post Office is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. A C15 Gatehouse. 3 related planning applications.
Abbey Gatehouse With Post Office
- WRENN ID
- outer-rood-moon
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1986
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NY 9650, 24/33
BLANCHLAND, THE SQUARE Blanchland, Abbey Gatehouse with Post Office
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Abbey Gatehouse. C15, incorporating earlier fabric, remodelled c.1753. Rubble with dressings; flat lead roof. South elevation: 2 storeys, 2 wide bays. Right bay has segmental-arched gateway, left bay has vertical-panelled door with overlight in hollow-chamfered surround with hoodmould (jambs incised T/M 17/24) flanked by small-paned shop windows under ogee arches with hoodmoulds; right window has integral V. R. letter box. 1st floor has 6-light window with king mullion and 2-light window to right, both with hoodmoulds. Chamfered string below moulded embattled parapet. Right return shows C19 external stair to boarded door in chamfered elliptical-arched surround (1753 incised on jamb); garderobe projection on right with chamfered loop. Rear (external) elevation shows similar gateway arch with hollow chamfer; small sash windows above with hollow-chamfered surrounds and hoodmoulds. INTERIOR: Gate passage and adjacent chamber (Post Office) both barrel-vaulted. 1st floor room in west bay is now part of adjacent house (q.v.). 1st floor of gatehouse, formerly a single large chamber, may have been a courtroom; chamfered doorway to garderobe.
Listing NGR: NY9656750368
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