The Landgate Rye, England
Listed Building Data
The Landgate has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1251769
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 12 October 1951
- Name
- THE LANDGATE
- Location
- THE LANDGATE, LANDGATE
- Parish
- Rye
- District
- Rother
- County
- East Sussex
- Grid Reference
- TQ 92213 20608
- Easting
- 592212.8800
- Northing
- 120608.3000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
- 1578 LANDGATE
The Landgate TQ 9220 1/145 12.10.51.
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- Scheduled as an AM. The 2 lower storeys 1340, the top storey 1380. Gate with 2 round towers on moulded plinths flanking it. Built of stone rubble. The parapet has disappeared. The string course and machiolations with moulded corbels remain on the north front. The latter has a pointed arch with grooves for the portcullis. The south front has an elliptical arch flanked by buttresses, of which that on the west has been removed. In the reveals of the inner arch are pointed doorways giving access to the side towers. Rectangular loop windows with ashlar dressings in the towers. Trefoil-headed lancets over the gate. The floors and roof of the gate and towers have disappeared-. Tile clock was inserted in 1862.
The South Side of The Landgate, Nos 1 & 2 form a group with Nos 1 to 4 (consec) The Forge and Forge House. East Cliff.
Listing NGR: TQ9221220608
