The Citadel, South Entrance

PORTLAND

SY6873 THE CITADEL, The Verne 969-1/3/173 (North side) The Citadel, South Entrance

GV II*

Gatehouse to citadel, now prison. Dated 1881, possibly from office of Capt. E Crossman RE, general designer of The Citadel.Portland ashlar. Long narrow entrance corridor has at S end a round arch over main plank doors, with heavy rusticated quoins and voussoirs beneath carved panel with VR 1881 to heavy roll-moulded gable and flat parapet top. Arch approached over C20 concrete bridge to large landing on very deep substructure; this has heavy rock-faced masonry to S with deep and lofty blind arch, returning left to plain wall and parapet above heavy roll mould which continuies on three sides at this level. Right return has plain walling with various slits and openings dropping into deep ditch. The left return of the main building continues c 100m in plain ashlar to roll-mould top, with various segmental-headed openings. The whole is roofed in turf, and runs back to the SW casemates (qv). Very dramatically set above the S and SE Ditches.

Listing NGR: SY6933373418