Gatehouse To Calder Abbey

The gatehouse to Calder Abbey, likely dating from the 14th century, has undergone later alterations, including a conversion for agricultural use in the 17th or 18th century. Constructed from stone blocks with quoins, it features a graduated slate roof, which was renewed in the 1970s and has a reduced pitch. The gatehouse is two storeys high and has two bays, with a wide, pointed wagon arch in each gable end, each having two chamfered orders. The eastern arch has chamfered imposts and plinths, while the western arch is blocked and has a door inserted. There are three small splayed windows, now blocked, on the ground floor to the left in the north wall, with an inserted loft door to the right. Each wall has a two-light 17th-century unglazed mullioned window on the first floor, which are probably reused. The roof features stone copings and kneelers. Inside, the floor was removed during renovation, revealing a single king post roof truss. An adjoining byre range to the north is not of interest. The gatehouse is a significant part of an important group of monastic buildings.