Ruins of Dunkeswell Abbey Gatehouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Abbey gatehouse.
Ruins of Dunkeswell Abbey Gatehouse
- WRENN ID
- nether-newel-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- Abbey gatehouse
- OS grid reference
- ST 141 106
- Coordinates
- 50.88938, -3.22137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of Dunkeswell Abbey Gatehouse, dating from the early 16th century, are located in Dunkeswell, Devon. Constructed from local stone and flint rubble with Beerstone ashlar detailing, this roofless building originally had a two-storey, one-room plan and served as the northern part of the gatehouse. The room to the south of the carriageway has been incorporated into Abbey Cottage.
On the front (west) side, there is a first-floor window, and at the right end, you can see the moulded jamb and springing of the original Tudor arch gateway. A lateral stack in the left (north) wall supports a small Beerstone ashlar fireplace with a chamfered surround. The rear wall features a blocked two-light window with cinquefoil heads and sunken spandrels, as well as a ground-floor two-centred arch doorway and a first-floor segmental pointed arch doorway, both leading to a collapsed newel stair turret. Dunkeswell Abbey itself was founded in 1201 by William, Lord Brewere, as a Cistercian monastery.
Local climate
Ruins of Dunkeswell Abbey Gatehouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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