Gatehouse And Wall Linking Gatehouse To Manor On South East Side, Cothay Manor

ST02SE STAWLEY CP COTHAY

6/25 Gatehouse and Wall linking gatehouse to Manor on South East side, Cothay Manor 25.1.56

GV II*

Gatehouse. Late C15, extensively restored 1926-7. Red sandstone random rubble. Steeply pitched plain tile roof right of flat lead roofed tower. Plan: square tower gateway with hexagonal projecting stair turret, originally flanked by 2 symmetrical wings of which only the right one remains. 2-storeys, 1:2 bays; tower, crenellated, set back buttresses, first floor 3-light Tudor arch head window with string course acting as hood mould, moulded depressed arch entrance with hood mould; above reset square panel with arms of Richard Bluett and his wife Alice Verney, the builder of Cothay. To right, first floor two 2-light Tudor arch head windows with hood moulds, below two square lancets with chamfered surrounds and relieving arches. Two stepped buttresses on facade buttressed returns. Interior: stone newel stair, chamfered lintel to first floor fireplace, arched niche below in wing which is no longer ceiled. Roof rebuilt 1926-7. Wall, red sandstone randon rubble, stone slate coping, about 2 metres high, dog leg plan, linking gatehouse to Manor. (M Wood, The Medieval House, 1981; Country Life, October 22 and 29, 1927).

Listing NGR: ST0852921297