Nottingham Castle Gatehouse, Outer Bridge And Adjoining Gateway

NOTTINGHAM

SK5639NE CASTLE ROAD 646-1/19/125 (West side) 11/08/52 Nottingham Castle gatehouse, outer bridge and adjoining gateway (Formerly Listed as: CASTLE ROAD Castle Gateway)

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Castle gatehouse, outer bridge, and adjoining gateway. 1252-1255, for Henry III. Altered mid C16. Slighted, 1651. Restored and gateway added, 1908. Ashlar, with ashlar dressings and stone slate roofs, with 3 octagonal ashlar stacks. Parapet, string course and cross casement windows, all early C20. Gatehouse has a pointed arched entrance with hood mould, flanked by round towers. 2 windows to left. Over the entrance, a segment-arched panel with the City arms. Panelled double doors. Under the arch, a pointed barrel vault, 2 bays, and pointed arched recesses with shouldered doors. Outer bridge, spanning the moat, has a chamfered pointed arch with hood mould, and 4 chamfered ribs. Smaller round arch, mid C16, replacing the drawbridge. Parapets restored 1908. Rear, mostly 1908, has a pointed arched gateway with a doorway to its left, both C13. Beyond, two C20 windows. To right, small gabled addition. Adjoining gateway, to left, has wrought-iron double gates with square piers and finials, and smaller side gates. Adjoining the gatehouse, a semicircular kiosk. An important survival of the medieval castle. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 225-228; Get to know Nottingham: Hamilton A: Nottingham's Royal Castle: Nottingham: 1980-: 2,9).

Listing NGR: SK5694939583