The Gatehouse

The Gatehouse is a house dated 1683, constructed with raised cut brick above a central door, featuring a chequer brick pattern. It has a hipped old tile roof and consists of six bays over two storeys, plus dormers. The central doorway is framed with an architrave and has the original four-panel oak door, with evidence of a hood above. The central bays are flanked by single light transomed windows, while the other windows are mullioned and transomed cross-casements of two lights, all with leaded lights and moulded frames. The windows have flat arches, and there is a band course between the storeys. Above the doorway, there is a raised pattern of scrolls with a central pineapple on a stalk, flanked by the date '16' and '83', all in projecting cut brick. There are two two-light swept dormers with leaded casements above the second and fifth bays, and tall flanking stacks. Although there is a modern addition at the rear, several cross-windows on the flank and rear retain their original glass and leading. Inside, there is a full-height open well closed string staircase in the central bays, rising from the entrance hall, featuring turned balusters and ramped moulded handrails. The door cases to the left and right of the hall have heavy bolection architraves, frieze, and cornice.