The Gatehouse, Battle Abbey is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A C14 Gatehouse.
The Gatehouse, Battle Abbey
- WRENN ID
- iron-spindle-woodpecker
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- The Gatehouse, Battle Abbey, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 748 157
- Coordinates
- 50.91505, 0.48601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gatehouse at Battle Abbey was built in 1338 by Abbot Alan of Ketling. It is constructed of stone and features a pointed carriage archway along with a similar pedestrian archway, both with two storeys above. The first floor has ornamental arcading and is topped with a castellated parapet. There are four octagonal turrets at the corners. The western section, which serves as the porter's lodge, dates back to the 12th century and is also two storeys high. The eastern part of the gateway was added in the 16th century, likely by Sir Anthony Browne, on the site of the Abbey's Almonry and was used as the courtroom for the manor of Battle until the 18th century. This section has two storeys, four windows, and two round-headed arches. An arched buttress and an octagonal turret are located at the northeast corner. The Gatehouse is part of a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
The Gatehouse, Battle Abbey receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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