Gateway To South West Of The Swan Theatre

The gateway to the south-west of the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is a structure built around 1880 by Dogshun and Unsworth. It is made of brick with ashlar dressings and features a hipped roof covered with graduated slate and a lead ridge. The small rectangular building has a bowed left end and a wall on the right end, with an attached wall on the left return. The structure includes an ashlar-coped plinth and an entrance that has a roll-moulded architrave and a plank gate, with a canopy that sweeps out from the roof. The bowed end displays a series of slots with simple cut-brick decoration, and the roof is topped with a finial at the end. The wall on the right is made of ashlar above the plinth and features an arcade of five blind trefoil-headed arches, with a similar wall attached to the left return. There is also a late 20th-century wall forming a small compound. This gateway is included for its group value with the surrounding buildings.