Outer Gatehouse Ruins And Length Of Precinct Wall Running East To Abbey Gate Cottages

BEAULIEU BEAULIEU MANOR ESTATE Sir 3802/3902 17/21 Outer Gatehouse ruins and length of precinct wall running east to 8.10.59 Abbey Gate Cottages GV II* Outer gatehouse, ruins and part of precinct wall. C13, gatehouse rebuilt C19. Rubble stone, stone dressing, old plain tile roof. Outer gatehouse of archway with room over in tall gabled roof with clock tower, lean-to room on one side. l½ storey, 1 bay cottage on other, with wall running from this for some 50m and beside it inside precinct remains of Abbey Mill. Gatehouse has central late C13 segmental-head archway. Over rebuilt gables with 3 loopholes to outer gable and offset, 2 rectangular openings and pointed lancet. On roof C19 square-plan clock tower of tile hanging. Clock-faces and louvred openings under hipped roof. On one side lean-to with rectangular window either end and gabled dormer on side. Above lean-to on side of main part C19 2-shafted stone stack. On other side cottage part with rectangular window on either end, and door on inner end. Side has gabled dormer on hip of roof and C19 2-shafted stack beside. From below this starts wall some 3m high with gabled coping of inclined stones. Wall runs from corner of gatehouse 40m east, then turns north-east to run into corner of Abbey Gate Cottage (qv). For mill remains see VCH; Vol IV; 1991; p.632.

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