Cowdray House, Midhust

Gate House
Court Yard
East Range: Porch, Buck Hall, Dinning Parlour
Chapel & Grand Staircase
North-east corner
North Range
North-west corner
South-west corner
South Range
South-east corner & Kitchen
Key to dates & Owners

The Gate House

Plan of Gate House The three storied gatehouse stands in the centre of the west range. To the north of the spacious gateway hall was the keepers lodge. The two western turrets were empty, except for a fire in the north one, while the eastern had stairs to the upper floors. These two were surmounted by domes toped by vanes. The gatehouse is now just a shell with all the floors missing; it was known that the billiard room was on the first floor. The old bell-pulls on the northeast and southwest turrets are still in their place, as is a bracket for holding a lamp on the north-west turret. Although both the clock faces have gone, the single clock hand on the western side of the gatehouse is still in place.


Pre-fire	2000	2000	From Court Yard, 2000

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