The Hotspur Gateway or Bondgate Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1952. A C15 Gateway.
The Hotspur Gateway or Bondgate Tower
- WRENN ID
- western-postern-linden
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1952
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- The Hotspur Gateway or Bondgate Tower, Bondgate Within, Alnwick
- OS grid reference
- NU 188 132
- Coordinates
- 55.41263, -1.70375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hotspur Gateway, also known as Bondgate Tower, is a Grade I listed building located in Bondgate Within. It was built around 1450 by the 2nd Earl of Northumberland, serving as the east gate in the former town walls. The tower is polygonal on each side of the arched thoroughfare on the outside, with a straight front to the west and is constructed of rough ashlar.
The structure consists of three stages and features a central segmental archway with a vaulted passage supported by four wide ribs. On the east face, there are remains of large corbels in the center, a panel below displaying a much faded lion rampant by a sculptor named Matthew, and narrow lookouts. The west face has a slight setback above the second stage, with a plain two-light mullion window above the archway and a blocked cross window to the left. Additionally, there are portcullis slits in the outer arch. The building is scheduled as an ancient monument.
Local climate
The Hotspur Gateway or Bondgate Tower receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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