Gatehouse To Beverston Castle

The gatehouse to Beverston Castle is a ruined structure dating from the 14th century. It is built from thin coursed rubble with flush quoins made of large dressed stones. The gatehouse stands two storeys high and originally featured semi-circular ends to the north and south, although only a small part of the southern end remains, and the north side has been altered on the inside.

The gatehouse has central pointed archways, with a thin layer of voussoirs above, made from cut chamfered stone. There is a moulded groove between the double arch that would have held a portcullis, and a similar shaped arch on the west (inner) side, flanked by small archways leading to former guard rooms on each side. The upper storey that once spanned the structure is no longer present, and the space is now filled with a later raking stone slate roof.

On the west face, there is a small corbelled out section, and large raking buttresses with arches cut in at the base are located on each side of the west arch. The gatehouse was formerly accessed by a drawbridge over a moat. It is part of an Ancient Monument in Gloucestershire.