Penrice Towers gate house

Penrice Towers gate house is a notable structure designed as a ruined folly, reflecting the early 19th-century Regency taste for picturesque park buildings. The top of the walls features a rustic parapet that resembles broken stonework. Constructed from uncoursed masonry in local conglomerate sandstone, the building has an irregular appearance that contributes to its rustic charm. It lacks dressed stone, and the window and door frames are set back into the stonework to maintain a harmonious visual effect.

The section nearest the gates is circular, standing two storeys tall with a prominent parapet, and is connected by a curtain wall to an outer turret to the north. A portion of the lodge extends along the rear of the curtain wall. On the outward-facing side, there is a low window with two pointed lights that overlooks the approach to the gates. On the side facing the mansion, a similar window overlooks the inner approach, along with two additional similar windows in the tower at the first storey and one in the extension behind the curtain wall. There is also a single-light window at the end of the extension and two plain doors.