Description

1.
1578 LANDGATE

The Landgate
TQ 9220 1/145 12.10.51.

i GV

2.
Scheduled as an AM. The 2 lower storeys 1340, the top storey 1380. Gate
with 2 round towers on moulded plinths flanking it. Built of stone rubble.
The parapet has disappeared. The string course and machiolations with
moulded corbels remain on the north front. The latter has a pointed arch
with grooves for the portcullis. The south front has an elliptical arch
flanked by buttresses, of which that on the west has been removed. In the
reveals of the inner arch are pointed doorways giving access to the side
towers. Rectangular loop windows with ashlar dressings in the towers.
Trefoil-headed lancets over the gate. The floors and roof of the gate
and towers have disappeared-. Tile clock was inserted in 1862.

The South Side of The Landgate, Nos 1 & 2 form a group with Nos 1 to 4 (consec)
The Forge and Forge House. East Cliff.

Listing NGR: TQ9221220608

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535188

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)