Gatehouse
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A gatehouse is found on European castles, manor houses and mansions. A gatehouse was a strong building built over the gateway to a city or castle.
Sometimes gatehouses defended a town by being built across a bridge, a river or a moat, as in Monmouth.
[change] English gatehouses
- Ightham Mote
- Nottingham Castle
- Stokesay Castle
- Stanway Hall, Stanway, Gloucestershire
- Westwood, Worcestershire
- Burton Agnes Hall, Yorkshire
- Hylton Castle, Hylton, Sunderland
[change] French gatehouses
