Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . ybe seen at the present time at this spot. Baddings Gate, the site of which has been located atthe foot of the cliff at the south-east angle of the town,below the Ypres Tower was, according to Jeake, washedaway by the sea. The Land Gateway is the only one remaining, and standsat the north-east angle of the town, whence the road leadsto London, being (with the sole exception of the WestGate at Canterbury, built about the year 1377), the finesttown gate yet remainin
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . ybe seen at the present time at this spot. Baddings Gate, the site of which has been located atthe foot of the cliff at the south-east angle of the town,below the Ypres Tower was, according to Jeake, washedaway by the sea. The Land Gateway is the only one remaining, and standsat the north-east angle of the town, whence the road leadsto London, being (with the sole exception of the WestGate at Canterbury, built about the year 1377), the finesttown gate yet remaining in the south of England. It wasprobably constructed early in the reign of Edward III.(about 1327) as, though there is a later licence in the 43rdyear of his reign (or 1370) to enclose the town of Ryewith a stone wall, crenelated or furnished with battlements,it does not mention this, or the other gates, from whichwe may infer that this was already in existence. The gate is of the usual span, about 12 feet. The road-way through it has been lowered in modern times. Itformerly had a portcullis, and drawbridge across the ii^ ? ?->??? 50UTH VIEW OF LANDGATE TOWER. I GUIDE TO RVK. j I The holes for the chains which lifted it may be seen in thewall above the external arch : these were led up stonepipes in the wall to the chamber over the gate, which con-tained the windlass and other machinery for working bothdrawbridge and portcullis. The gate is flanked by two finedrum towers, 35 feet in diameter, now about 40 feet battlements are destroyed, but enough remains of afine bretasche, or hoarding, with machicoulis, carried uponthe projecting stone brackets above the archway, to formvaluable evidence that the date of its construction wasearly in the 14th century. These towers are of threestages, and have, as well, pit basements, probably used asprisons. The lower room immediately over the arch wasdevoted to the machinery of the portcullis and drawbridge ;the upper one
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