the south facing battlement wall rises to a height of above the moat, and is 45 – 50 inches thick. the entrance gateway is approached over a bridge, which still bears the grooves of the former gate, drawbridge and portcullis. the walls are built of flint cobbles with stone for the coigns and windows. the plan of the site is quadrilateral, almost square, the west side being a little longer than the east, an enclosure of about an acre and a half. besides the almost perfect front, the foundations of the north and east walls and two more towers are traceable. a brick bridge now leads up to the noble gatehouse where the fine depressed pointed archway, deeply recessed and moulded, still shows the portcullis groove and the old oak gates. on either side of the archway are sculptured stone panels depicting the coat of arms of de wingfield and de la pole.