Gatehouse

A gatehouse was a strong building built over the gateway to a city or castle. A gatehouse is found on European castles, manor houses and mansions.

Sometimes gatehouses defended a town by being built across a bridge, a river or a moat, as in Monmouth.

English gatehouses

• Ightham Mote
• Nottingham Castle
• Stokesay Castle
• Stanway Hall, Stanway, Gloucestershire
• Westwood, Worcestershire
• Burton Agnes Hall, Yorkshire
• Hylton Castle, Hylton, Sunderland
• Hertford Castle

French gatehouses

• Château de Suscinio
• Château de Trécesson
• Château de Vitré