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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