Gatehouse Circa 65 Metres To North West Of Down Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. Gatehouse.

Gatehouse Circa 65 Metres To North West Of Down Hall

WRENN ID
lunar-mortar-vermeil
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1967
Type
Gatehouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 3043 ABINGTON PIGOTTS DOWN HALL

19/10 (19/4) Gatehouse c65-m to 22.11.67 north-west of Down Hall

GV II*

Gatehouse. Early C16. Timber-framed with plastered infill. Plain tiled roof with octagonal lantern. Two storeys with first floor jetties on two sides. Two bays with cartway and pedestrian entrance in bay to south-west. Substantial timber-frame, close studded with curved tension braces in each bay. Bullnosed jetty joists and solid curved braces to posts. Curved chamfered braces to doorway and cartway forming a 'Caernavon' arched head. Two pairs of three-light mullioned first floor windows. Interior details largely intact with screen partitions between openings. Crown-post roof; crown-post over central truss, braced two ways to collars, and collar purlins. The gatehouse is situated within the moated site of Down Hall.

VCH: Vol VIII p57 and Litlington Ireland, M DeC History of Abington Pigotts with Litlington

Listing NGR: TL3047043735

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