In Buck's sketch of 1730 two arches span the roadway.
The square head and chamfered jambs of the windows suggest 15th century or 16th century.
The angle buttresses are gone but 1 respond of the main archway remains.
It is known locally as the old gaol.
It became a coal store (Maud Hollingworth or Harvey Cross’s knowledge) then the upper storey was used as a Methodist Chapel until 1902 when the present chapel was built. Later the gatehouse was used as a bakehouse, and contained an oven and copper. Until the winter of 1935/6 when the oven collapsed, the meat for the Whitsun Feast of the Dale Abbey Society for the Prosecution of Felons was cooked there - plum-pudding was baked in the copper (C43).
The cottage (‘The Croft’) just up the hill from the old Methodist chapel, and immediately to the north of the obvious gatehouse remnant, can be seen can to have a bend in it! The smaller (chapel side) section is roughly aligned with the gateway. It has a particularly massive internal wall, which is plausibly another gatehouse remnant.
The square head and chamfered jambs of the windows suggest 15th century or 16th century.
The angle buttresses are gone but 1 respond of the main archway remains.
It is known locally as the old gaol.
It became a coal store (Maud Hollingworth or Harvey Cross’s knowledge) then the upper storey was used as a Methodist Chapel until 1902 when the present chapel was built. Later the gatehouse was used as a bakehouse, and contained an oven and copper. Until the winter of 1935/6 when the oven collapsed, the meat for the Whitsun Feast of the Dale Abbey Society for the Prosecution of Felons was cooked there -
The cottage (‘The Croft’) just up the hill from the old Methodist chapel, and immediately to the north of the obvious gatehouse remnant, can be seen can to have a bend in it! The smaller (chapel side) section is roughly aligned with the gateway. It has a particularly massive internal wall, which is plausibly another gatehouse remnant.
The Gatehouse
The gatehouse at
Easby
Easby