Gatehouse, Dovecote And Attached Walls At Broomfield House

The gatehouse, dovecote, and attached walls at Broomfield House date from around 1875 and were designed by Thomas Worthington. The structures are built of closely jointed random sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and have a graduated Welsh slate roof. They form three sides of a small court added to the corner of the main house. The south face is a wall featuring a triangular-headed, chamfered opening with the inscription “18TW75” on a tablet above. The wall then connects to the gatehouse, which has two tall, chamfered, four-centred arches, one of which is blocked. An arrow slit is located above the arches, and a stone coped gable tops the structure. A square wooden dovecote, surmounted by a tall, pyramidal roof and weathervane, sits on the ridge of the gatehouse. A low wall runs from the gatehouse’s south-west corner, featuring a triangular and beaded coping, and ending in a plinth that once supported a cast-iron gas lamp. The lamp post has a circular form with a cage of four scrolled brackets, supporting a spherical light with a Gothick top.