Abbey Gatehouse, Including the Porters' Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1950. A Medieval Gatehouse. 2 related planning applications.
Abbey Gatehouse, Including the Porters' Lodge
- WRENN ID
- final-jamb-ebony
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1950
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Abbey Gatehouse, Including the Porters' Lodge, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 498 388
- Coordinates
- 51.14698, -2.71767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey Gatehouse, including the porters' lodge, dates from the mid-14th century and was completely restored in 1810. It features a large arched entrance flanked by buttresses and a vaulted side entrance leading to the porters' lodge on the north side. The medieval upper storey of the gatehouse is now missing. The building has a pantile roof that is half-hipped at the south end. The lodge is two storeys high and includes a possibly 17th-century splayed bay that rises through both storeys, along with a ten-light mullioned and transomed window and a crenellated parapet. The left-hand range extends to the rear and has mullioned windows. There is a small medieval archway, which was formerly the entrance to St Patrick's almshouses, attached to the south end of the range, featuring a four-centred arch with a heraldic device above it. The Abbey Gatehouse is located within an area scheduled as an Ancient Monument and forms part of an important group with the Town Hall, St Dunstan's House, and Nos 6 to 9 Market Place.
Local climate
Abbey Gatehouse, Including the Porters' Lodge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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