gatehouse

Example Sentences

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The Eastlands did not yet know it, but the gatehouse had been razed by the flood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The estate also features a three-bedroom beach house, a three-bedroom guest apartment, and a four-bedroom gatehouse, which has since been sold.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

It has fallen into disrepair in recent years, with a gatehouse leading to the site smashed down and a number of buildings left abandoned.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

In the 1960s, when Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, lived on the peninsula in a Spanish-style gatehouse, Didion observed the “slump of the hill” making its strange descent into the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

The keep was close to the gatehouse between the inner and outer ward, so there was great excitement in the courtyard.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli