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Gatehouse at the Castle Inn

A Grade II* Listed Building in Radway, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1238 / 52°7'25"N

Longitude: -1.4555 / 1°27'19"W

OS Eastings: 437376

OS Northings: 247417

OS Grid: SP373474

Mapcode National: GBR 6QK.YML

Mapcode Global: VHBYB.QWD8

Plus Code: 9C4W4GFV+GR

Entry Name: Gatehouse at the Castle Inn

Listing Date: 7 January 1952

Last Amended: 8 April 1987

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1355560

English Heritage Legacy ID: 306190

ID on this website: 101355560

Location: Edgehill, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, OX15

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Town: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Radway

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Radway St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description


The Grade shall be amended to II*

In the entry for:-

SP34NE RADWAY EDGEHILL

3/79

Gatehouse at The Castle Inn
(formerly listed as Edge Hill
Tower)

GV


RADWAY EDGEHILL

SP34NE
3/79
07/01/52

Gatehouse at The Castle Inn
(Formerly listed as Edge Hill
Tower)

GV II


Gatehouse. Formerly attached to The Castle Inn. Designed by Sanderson Miller for
himself. c.1746-1747. Ironstone ashlar. Castellated Gothick style. 2 storeys,
with 3 storey turrets; front partly below road level and obscured by later
causeway across blocked archway; 3 bays. Square turret on left has
machicolations and moulded battlements. Small lancets, blind to front. Lower
truncated turret on right, probably originally similar, has single-pitch roof
sloping to right. Arched gateway between has plank door with shields above. To
rear: 2-storey recessed archway. Large stone bracket to each side formerly
supported a bridge to The Castle Inn (q.v). Central arched doorway to vaulted
chamber. Turrets have chamfered plinth. Blind cross slit windows. and lancets
above. Inner faces have arched doorways to ground and second floors. The gateway
formed part of the Castle, also known as Edgehill Tower.
(V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.V, p.142; Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.380;
R.B. Wood-Jones: Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region: 1963.
p.199).


Listing NGR: SP3737647417

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