Brockhampton gatehouse
Here’s another aspect of the very distinctive gatehouse at Brockhampton in Herefordshire, England. It was built from oak that was felled in 1542, more than a century after the main house was erected. The timber was worked in the nearby woods, then brought to a framing yard beside the house, where it was assembled.
The now charmingly lopsided gatehouse was never intended to guard the house; instead, it was an ostentatious symbol of wealth, informing people that they were visiting a very important family. Later in its life, in the early 1900s, it was used as a gamekeeper’s store and even a chicken coop.
When the family line died out in 1948 the gatehouse, manor house, and a substantial estate of buildings and land, was given to the National Trust, which continues to care for and administer the place today.
Brockhampton gatehouse
Here’s another aspect of the very distinctive gatehouse at Brockhampton in Herefordshire, England. It was built from oak that was felled in 1542, more than a century after the main house was erected. The timber was worked in the nearby woods, then brought to a framing yard beside the house, where it was assembled.
The now charmingly lopsided gatehouse was never intended to guard the house; instead, it was an ostentatious symbol of wealth, informing people that they were visiting a very important family. Later in its life, in the early 1900s, it was used as a gamekeeper’s store and even a chicken coop.
When the family line died out in 1948 the gatehouse, manor house, and a substantial estate of buildings and land, was given to the National Trust, which continues to care for and administer the place today.