What is Gatehouse?
A '''gatehouse''' was a strong building built over the [[gateway]] to a [[city]] or [[castle]]. A gatehouse is found on [[Europe]]an [[castle]]s, [[manor house]]s and [[mansion]]s. Sometimes gatehouses defended a [[town]] by being built across a [[bridge]], a [[river]] or a [[moat]], as in [[Monmouth]]. == English gatehouses == *[[Ightham Mote]] *[[Nottingham Castle]] *[[Stokesay Castle]] *Stanway Hall, [[Stanway, Gloucestershire]] *[[Westwood (house)|Westwood]], [[Worcestershire]] *[[Burton Agnes Hall]], [[Yorkshire]] *[[Hylton Castle]], [[Sunderland|Hylton, Sunderland]] *[[Hertford Castle]] == French gatehouses == *[[Château de Suscinio]] *[[Château de Trécesson]] *[[Château de Vitré]] {{commonscat|Gatehouses}} [[Category:Fortification]]