The Castle Gateway And Walls Adjoining To The East And South

GUILDFORD QUARRY STREET SU 99 49SE (East Side) 8/193 The Castle Gateway 1/5/53 and Walls adjoining to the east and south. (Formerly listed as Castle Arch and Walls adjoining on the south and the Guildford Museum and wall adjoining on the east).

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Castle gateway and walls. Probably rebuilt in the mid C13 by John of Gloucester following a fire at the Castle. Chalk and flint rubble with ashlar dressings to arch and window in flanking wall, tile and stone coping above. Pointed arched gateway with chamfered jambs and slots for portcullis on the inner face. Remains of flanking tower to right (south) extends for approx 2 metres at the same height as the gateway and in the return wall of the tower to the rear (east) is a blocked, ashlar-dressed window with impost blocks. The rear (east) wall extends up Castle Hill for approx 1O metres. The other flanking gate tower to the North has been incorporated into Castle Arch (qv). The gateway is part of a scheduled Ancient Monument, Surrey Monument No. 1. Photographs in N.M.R.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.275. M. ALEXANDER: GUILDFORD CASTLE GUIDE (1985). V.C.H. (1967 Ed.) VOL. III pp.

Listing NGR: SU9969649237