Gate Houses And Gateway To Chilham Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Gatehouse.

Gate Houses And Gateway To Chilham Castle

WRENN ID
lesser-pillar-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1984
Type
Gatehouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TR 0653-0753 CHILHAM THE SQUARE (south-west side) 7/30 Gate Houses and gateway to Chilham Castle

GV II

Gate houses and gateway. Circa 1922. Sir Herbert Baker. Two identical gate houses. Red brick, ashlar dressings and plain tile roof. Two storeys on plinth, moulded stone cornice to ground floor, plat band to first floor and gable with ball finials, and ashlar quoins. 3 light stone mullion window on first floor, 4 light stone mullion on ground floor. Entrance in side front (within gates). Each gatehouse with brick wall 10 feet to gate, with plank door in 4 centred arched opening, to brick gate pier on weathered stone plinth surmounted by large stone urn; the cornice from the the house carried over both wall and gate pier. Gates:heavy solid boarding with spearheaded spikes along ridge. Walls:attached to left and right of gatehouses, 7 feet high, 7 feet in length, with coping tiles to right hand section, oversailing brick courses on left hand section.

Listing NGR: TR0678953580

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