Description

WHALLEY
SD 73 NW
2/52 North-West Gateway(formerly included as
13-2-1967 an integral part of Whalley Abbey)
GV I

Gateway to Whalley Abbey (q.v.), early C14. Sandstone rubble with upper
storey now roofless. 2 storeys. East and west walls each have outer
buttresses with offsets and a pointed arch chamfered in 2 orders springing
from responds which have capitals and an inner order with 2 quarter-round
mouldings and a fillet. Inside, the passage between the archways is
rib-vaulted in 8 bays. Between the 5th and 6th bays from the west is an
intermediate wall with large and small entrances, the former with
segmental arch, the latter with a pointed one. In the north wall are 2
doorways with pointed heads, one blocked. In the south wall there is a
similar blocked doorway. The upper storey has 3 3-light windows on both
the north and south sides. Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SD7290036177

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q68684932

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy