Ruins Of Dunkeswell Abbey Gatehouse

DUNKESWELL ABBEY ST 11 SW 1/20 Ruins of Dunkeswell Abbey Gatehouse 22.2.55 GV II Ruins of part of the gatehouse, formerly to Dunkeswell Abbey. Early C16. Local stone and flint rubble with Beerstone ashlar detail. This roofless 1-room plan building was originally 2 storeys high and was built as the northern part of the gatenouse. The room south of the carriageway has been incorporated into Abbey Cottage (q.v). The front (west) side includes a first floor window and, at the right end is the moulded jamb and springing of the original Tudor arch gateway. A lateral stack in the left (north) wall serves a small Beerstone ashlar fireplace with chamfered surround. The rear wall contains a blocked 2-light window with cinquefoil heads and sunken spandrels and there is a ground floor 2-centred arch doorway and first floor segmental pointed arch doorway, both of which led to a collapsed newel stair turret. Dunkeswell Abbey was founded in 1201 by William, Lord Brewere, as a Cistercian monastery. Source: P. J. Weddell) Dunkeswell, Devon Religious Houses Survey, No.11 (1986). Scheduled Ancient Monument 228 (part).

Listing NGR: ST1418910700