Gatehouse At Road Entrance To Foxstones

The gatehouse at the road entrance to Foxstones was built around 1912 and designed by Drewitt. It is constructed from granite rubble with granite dressings and features a scantle slate pyramidal roof with exposed rafter ends beneath projecting eaves. The gatehouse has a square plan and spans a stream, with a wide carriageway that passes over a bridge within the structure.

The gatehouse is two storeys high and has a round granite arch in the middle of each elevation, with a mid-floor band above and two projecting channelled corbels that resemble gargoyles. On the right-hand (southeast) elevation, there is a U-plan stone stair that leads up to a central doorway of the chamber above the gateway. The main flights of stairs on the left and right sides are opposite weathered buttresses on the opposite elevation. Above these, the steps are cantilevered out and rise to a landing in front of the doorway. The front and left-hand elevations feature central first-floor windows, original ledged doors, and 12-pane casements. The interior has not been inspected. The name of the architect was provided by Commander Favell, a former occupier.