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The Gate HouseThe 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.
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