Description

AYLESFORD CP BULL LANE
TQ 7258 &
TQ 7259 (east side)
12/22 & 11/22 Gatehouse and walls to
the north and east of
- The Friars

GV I

Gatehouse. C15 with late C16 alterations. Random rubble stone with parapet to
plain tiled roof. North side: Projecting breast off-centre to left, corbelled
out from 1st floor. 2 storeys; irregular 3-window 1st floor and 1 window ground
floor, lattice casement windows, those on 1st floor in chamfered mullioned and
transomed surrounds. Tall, wide entrance arch to right; moulded 4-centred arch
in square surround with relieving arch over. Cross-shaped loops to right and
left of arch, much weathered statue of Virgin, with Child over. Octagonal
stair-tower visible over parapet to left at rear. Pair of random stone walls
leading to north, either side of entrance road. Part brick-coped to right, all
between 8 and 12 feet high, and approximately 110 yards long. Random stone
brick coped wall to east of gatehouse, 70 yards long and 10 feet high. Pair of
brick piers towards left end, flanking entrance now partially blocked by C20
entrance insertion.

Listing NGR: TQ7242759011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530255

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)