Description

SY 29 NE SHUTE SHUTE VILLAGE
10/481
8.5.67 Gate House at Old Shute
House including flanking
Walls and Pavilions
GV
I

Gatehouse and flanking pavilions. Circa 1570 or possibly of earlier C16 origin.
Originally probably aligned on the later parts of Old Shute House before they were
demolished in 1785.

Stone rubble with freestone dressings. Large three-storey gatehouse tower with
semi-octagonal corner turrets stone mullion and transom windows, enbattled parapet
and carriageway with timber four-centred arch over which are the arms of
William Pole. Flanking enbattled walls terminating in smaller three storey
pavilions with full height splayed bays and battlements. Said to contain moulded
plaster ceiling. Ref Country Life Volume 109 pages 326 and 398.

Listing NGR: SY2521497493

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17525888

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)