Description

Circa 1535. Single storey gateway, pointed arch pend at centre flanked by polygonal corner towers to S elevation. Cream squared and coursed snadstone rubble. Corbelled and coped with cable moulded course, crenellated at centre of S elevation.

S ELEVATION: base course with gun loops to towers, 4 carved wreathed panels over archway representing the orders of the Knighthood borne by James V: The Golden Fleece; St Michael; the Garter and the Thistle.

PEND: ribbed barrel vault, 3 carved bosses, 2 of unicorns and 1 lion. Stone benches to side walls.

Statement of Interest

MONUMENT IN CARE; (CROWN PROPERTY). See also Linlithgow Palance and Linlithgow Palace, Lodge listed separately. The gateway was built by James V to serve his new S entrance to the palace. The carved panels above the archway were recarved in Edinburgh in 1845. Recently more work has been done inside the gateway with the replacement of some of the stone benching, and the painting of the panels. It bears similarities to the West Port, St Andrews.

Scheduled Monument.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Linlithgow Palace at Wikipedia
• Linlithgow Palace official website
• Wikidata Q564868

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)