Gateway And Curtain Wall To South East Of Captain'S House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1993. Gateway and curtain wall.
Gateway And Curtain Wall To South East Of Captain'S House
- WRENN ID
- dusted-mantel-dawn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1993
- Type
- Gateway and curtain wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PORTLAND
SY67SE CASTLE ROAD, Castletown 969-1/1/4 (West side (off)) Gateway and curtain wall to SE of Captain's House
GV II*
Gateway and walling, formerly part of main enclosure to and access to Castle, now giving access to Captain's House (qv). Mid C16. Fine squared dressed stone. Length of c 15m of crenellated wall and c 3.5m high, at left end abutting Captain's House. Towards right end a pair of early plank gates in a 4-centred double-chamfered arch, flanked by blind cruciform arrow slits. Above the arch, set in a deep recessed square panel a Royal Arms of 1660, in lead. There is a straight joint in the masonry to the right of the gateway. Back of wall plain. A surviving section of former curtain wall with moat. (Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Dorset: London: 1970-: 252).
Listing NGR: SY6844774341
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