Linlithgow Palace, Gate-house Linlithgow, Scotland

Listed Building Data

Linlithgow Palace, Gate-house has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

Historic Scotland ID
382566 (entity ID)
Building ID
37470
Canmore ID
214050
Category
A
Name
Linlithgow Palace, Gate House
Parish
Linlithgow
County
West Lothian
Easting
300196
Northing
677279
Date Listed
22 February 1971
Source
Historic Environment Scotland Portal: LB37470 official listing
More Info
Canmore: 214050 map, documents, images, activities, notes, etc.

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

Circa 1535. Single storey gateway, pointed arch pend at centre flanked by polygonal corner towers to S elevation. Cream squared and coursed snadstone rubble. Corbelled and coped with cable moulded course, crenellated at centre of S elevation. S ELEVATION: base course with gun loops to towers, 4 carved wreathed panels over archway representing the orders of the Knighthood borne by James V: The Golden Fleece; St Michael; the Garter and the Thistle. PEND: ribbed barrel vault, 3 carved bosses, 2 of unicorns and 1 lion. Stone benches to side walls.

Listed Building Statement of Special Interest

Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

MONUMENT IN CARE; (CROWN PROPERTY). See also Linlithgow Palance and Linlithgow Palace, Lodge listed separately. The gateway was built by James V to serve his new S entrance to the palace. The carved panels above the archway were recarved in Edinburgh in 1845. Recently more work has been done inside the gateway with the replacement of some of the stone benching, and the painting of the panels. It bears similarities to the West Port, St Andrews. Scheduled Monument.

Listed Building References

Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

THE NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND Vol II (1845) p177; THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND Vol 1 (1887) p500; C McWilliam LOTHIAN (1978) p294. https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/linlithgow-palace