gatehouse

We were admitted by the keeper, who lives in the dilapidated but delightfully picturesque half-timbered gatehouse.

The bell was that of the “faire chappell” on 142 the green outside the gatehouse, and it was calling to matins.

This mansion makes a framework to the gatehouse of the old Priory, the entrance-chamber being formed out of the ancient gateway.

The gatehouse stands, and in a room over the entrance the Court-leet of the Archbishops is still held.

The church adjoins their roofless old gatehouse, and is a fine old place of worship, with a stone spire of the Northants type.