Gatehouse 120 Metres North East Of Kirkleatham Hall Farm

REDCAR KIRKLEATHAM NZ 52 SE 4/72 Gatehouse, 120m north-east of Kirkleatham Hall Farm 23.6.52 (formerly listed as Kirkleatham Hall archway) G.V. II*

Ornamental gatehouse, c.1780, possibly by John Carr. Dressed sandstone with brick inner leaf to towers. Roofs missing. Gothick style. 2 octagonal 2-storey towers linked by bridge, form elliptical-headed opening with archivolt and roll-moulded imposts continued as string courses. West face of each tower has blocked pointed chamfered doorway under hoodmould, and blocked cusped ogee-headed window on first floor. Blind cross-arrowloops on ground floor of flanking faces. Bridge has blind quatrefoils in lozenge-shaped panels. Continuous coved cornice and embattled parapet, merlons and embrasures now partly missing. Returns have arrowloops on first floor. East face: similar to west face but with blind windows, holding blocked trefoil openings in tympana, on ground floor. Imitation cannon barrels project from square spandrel panels of hollow-chamfered, roll-moulded central opening, with inner moulded order in head of arch. Interior: north tower has remains of newel stair. South tower has remains of vaulted ceiling to ground-floor chamber. Disused and dilapidated at time of resurvey. N.M.R. photograph: AA53/12863: 1953. On former driveway to Kirkleatham Hall, demolished 1955.

Listing NGR: NZ5960422006