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HER Number:	18709.32
Name:	PENDENNIS - Post Medieval gatehouse

Summary

Grid Reference:	SW 8230 3188
Parish:	Falmouth, Carrick, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status

Conservation Area: FALMOUTH
Scheduled Monument 10552: PENDENNIS PENINSULA FORTIFICATIONS

Other References/Statuses

OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW83SW 4
Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 18709.32
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW83SW 9

Monument Type(s):

GATEHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

The form of the Elizabethan entrance gate is shown by Norden in his view of 1610. It comprises an arched passage through the rampart from which project the arms of a counter-balanced drawbridge. Opposite this entrance, against the counterscarp is a fixed section of bridge which terminates in a freestanding entrance arch with a semi-circular entablature containing a panel in the tympanum, perhaps for an achievement of arms (21).

Norden's drawing of pendennis castle in 1728 shows the original gatehouse of the elizabethan fortress (b3), which would have been smaller than the present structure (b18). The gatehouse was rebuilt in the late 17thc (see prn 18709.51).

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Site history:
1: 1927. DRAKE, S/IAM
3: 1987. WESTON, SM/IAM
4: 1988. HARTGROVES, S/CAU
5: 1988. HARTGROVES, S/CAU
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<1> Hals, W, 1740, The Compleat History of Cornwall, 129 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3429.

<2> Lilly, C, 1715, An Exact Plan of Pendennis Fort (Bibliographic reference). SCO3870.

<3> Norden, J, 1728, Speculi Britanniae Pars (Bibliographic reference). SCO4001.

<4> Polwhele, R, 1803, History of Cornwall (Bibliographic reference). SCO4140.

<5> Lysons, D & S, 1814, Magna Britannia, VOL III, CORNWALL, 989, 99, 104 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3885.

<6> Hitchins, F & Drew, S (Eds), 1824, The History of Cornwall (Bibliographic reference). SCO3595.

<7> TREGONNING HOOPER, 1827, UNKNOWN TITLE, VOL I, NO 6, 7-9 (Unedited Source). SCO5851.

<8> Thomas, R, 1827, History and Description of the Town and Harbour of Falmouth, 110-113 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4698.

<9> Thomas, R, 1851, Letters to the West Briton (Article in newspaper). SCO4699.

<10> Brine, F, 1855, Shilling Trip to Falmouth (Bibliographic reference). SCO2906.

<11> Pasfield Oliver, S, 1875, Pendennis and St Mawes (Bibliographic reference). SCO4086.

<12> Beckett, R, 1961, Tercenteniary of Falmouth (Bibliographic reference). SCO2815.

<13> UNKNOWN, 1963, MOW GUIDE (Unedited Source). SCO7885.

<14> Carew, R, 1969, The Survey of Cornwall 1602 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3044.

<15> Institute Of Cornish Studies, 1987, Place-Names Index (Bibliographic reference). SCO3621.

<16> Padel, OJ, 1985, Cornish Place-Name Elements, 85, 177-180 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4064.

<17> Hartgroves, S & Sharpe, A & Roberts, C, 1985, Pendennis Castle and the Headland, Falmouth (Cornwall Event Report). SCO3459.

<18> Morley, B, 1988, The Castles of Pendennis and St Mawes (Bibliographic reference). SCO3957.

<19> Sharpe, A, 1989, Pendinas Castle (Cornwall Event Report). SCO4367.

<20> Walker, R, 1989, Pendennis Castle Resistivity Survey 1989 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5007.

<21> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), Site C1.1 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO1563.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO3429 - Bibliographic reference: Hals, W. 1740. The Compleat History of Cornwall. 129.
[2]	SCO3870 - Bibliographic reference: Lilly, C. 1715. An Exact Plan of Pendennis Fort.
[3]	SCO4001 - Bibliographic reference: Norden, J. 1728. Speculi Britanniae Pars.
[4]	SCO4140 - Bibliographic reference: Polwhele, R. 1803. History of Cornwall.
[5]	SCO3885 - Bibliographic reference: Lysons, D & S. 1814. Magna Britannia. VOL III, CORNWALL, 989, 99, 104.
[6]	SCO3595 - Bibliographic reference: Hitchins, F & Drew, S (Eds). 1824. The History of Cornwall.
[7]	SCO5851 - Unedited Source: TREGONNING HOOPER. 1827. UNKNOWN TITLE. J OLD CORNWALL SOC. VOL I, NO 6, 7-9.
[8]	SCO4698 - Bibliographic reference: Thomas, R. 1827. History and Description of the Town and Harbour of Falmouth. 110-113.
[9]	SCO4699 - Article in newspaper: Thomas, R. 1851. Letters to the West Briton. At CSL, Redruth.
[10]	SCO2906 - Bibliographic reference: Brine, F. 1855. Shilling Trip to Falmouth.
[11]	SCO4086 - Bibliographic reference: Pasfield Oliver, S. 1875. Pendennis and St Mawes.
[12]	SCO2815 - Bibliographic reference: Beckett, R. 1961. Tercenteniary of Falmouth.
[13]	SCO7885 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1963. MOW GUIDE.
[14]	SCO3044 - Bibliographic reference: Carew, R. 1969. The Survey of Cornwall 1602.
[15]	SCO3621 - Bibliographic reference: Institute Of Cornish Studies. 1987. Place-Names Index.
[16]	SCO4064 - Bibliographic reference: Padel, OJ. 1985. Cornish Place-Name Elements. 85, 177-180.
[17]	SCO3459 - Cornwall Event Report: Hartgroves, S & Sharpe, A & Roberts, C. 1985. Pendennis Castle and the Headland, Falmouth.
[18]	SCO3957 - Bibliographic reference: Morley, B. 1988. The Castles of Pendennis and St Mawes.
[19]	SCO4367 - Cornwall Event Report: Sharpe, A. 1989. Pendinas Castle.
[20]	SCO5007 - Bibliographic reference: Walker, R. 1989. Pendennis Castle Resistivity Survey 1989.
[21]	SCO1563 - Cornwall Event Report: Linzey, R. 2000. Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000). Site C1.1.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth

Related records

18709

Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument)

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