Gatehouse At The Castle Inn

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Gatehouse at The Castle Inn (formerly listed as Edge Hill Tower)

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RADWAY EDGEHILL

SP34NE 3/79 07/01/52

Gatehouse at The Castle Inn (Formerly listed as Edge Hill Tower)

GV II

Gatehouse. Formerly attached to The Castle Inn. Designed by Sanderson Miller for himself. c.1746-1747. Ironstone ashlar. Castellated Gothick style. 2 storeys, with 3 storey turrets; front partly below road level and obscured by later causeway across blocked archway; 3 bays. Square turret on left has machicolations and moulded battlements. Small lancets, blind to front. Lower truncated turret on right, probably originally similar, has single-pitch roof sloping to right. Arched gateway between has plank door with shields above. To rear: 2-storey recessed archway. Large stone bracket to each side formerly supported a bridge to The Castle Inn (q.v). Central arched doorway to vaulted chamber. Turrets have chamfered plinth. Blind cross slit windows. and lancets above. Inner faces have arched doorways to ground and second floors. The gateway formed part of the Castle, also known as Edgehill Tower. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.V, p.142; Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.380; R.B. Wood-Jones: Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region: 1963. p.199).

Listing NGR: SP3737647417