North West Gateway (Formerly Included As An Integral Part Of Whalley Abbey) is a Grade I listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. A Medieval Gateway.
North West Gateway (Formerly Included As An Integral Part Of Whalley Abbey)
- WRENN ID
- gentle-buttress-equinox
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Gateway
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WHALLEY SD 73 NW 2/52 North-West Gateway(formerly included as 13-2-1967 an integral part of Whalley Abbey) GV I
Gateway to Whalley Abbey (q.v.), early C14. Sandstone rubble with upper storey now roofless. 2 storeys. East and west walls each have outer buttresses with offsets and a pointed arch chamfered in 2 orders springing from responds which have capitals and an inner order with 2 quarter-round mouldings and a fillet. Inside, the passage between the archways is rib-vaulted in 8 bays. Between the 5th and 6th bays from the west is an intermediate wall with large and small entrances, the former with segmental arch, the latter with a pointed one. In the north wall are 2 doorways with pointed heads, one blocked. In the south wall there is a similar blocked doorway. The upper storey has 3 3-light windows on both the north and south sides. Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: SD7290036177
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