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
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