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What is a gatehouse?

What is a gatehouse? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
  2. (archaic) A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall
  3. A shelter for a gatekeeper.
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The carriage rattled gently past the gatehouse, its wheels grating on the rocky path into the courtyard.
The castellated gatehouse of Kepwick Hall gives an estate flavour, and there's a car park near the arts and crafts-influenced church.
The lower floor also connects the house to a gatehouse through a small courtyard.
The ornamented gatehouse, garden, and royal tennis court further enhanced this favourite seat of the Scottish monarchs.
This building was originally the gatehouse for Kirkstall Abbey, an important Cistercian monastery.
Walking home, I pass the gothic ruin of a Georgian gatehouse with several chimneys and boarded up windows.

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