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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 66 NE 70
Type of record:Monument
Name:Brewers Gate Post-Medieval Gatehouse

Summary

Post-Medieval rebuild of gate lodge found during excavation at Brewers Gate in 1998.

Grid Reference:TQ 6839 6957
Map Sheet:TQ66NE
Parish:COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • DRIVE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • GATE LODGE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1795 AD? to 1984 AD?)

Full description

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The brick foundations of a presumed rebuild of the gate lodge (documented c. 1900) with a cellar, privies and a garden, were found and recorded. There was no sign of an earlier phase of construction (the lodge being documented as built c.1800 in connection with the redesign of Cobham Park by Humphry Repton). The west side of the gateway and a metalled drive were found immediately adjoining the gate lodge to the east. The building and gate were demolished c.1960(1 and 5).

Remains of gatehpuse and associated structures removed for Channel Tunnel Rail link (2)

A summary of a desk based assessmnet and a walkover survey from 1994 was done for the widening of the M2 at Junctions 1-4. Brewers Gate was originally the north entrace of Cobham Hall from Watling Street. From the walkover survey it was noticed that no traces of it remain. (3)

The lodge was built around 1800. It consisted of an octagonal lodge with an archway screen extending out across the roadway with a pedestrian doorway beyond. It was demolished in the early 1980s. (4)


<1> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1999, Brewers Gate Archaeological Excavation Interim Report. (Unpublished document). SKE7073.

<2> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2001, CTRL Area 330 (Zone 5) Cobham Golf Course (ARC CGC 98) Post-excavation report (Unpublished document). SWX12851.

<3> Maunsell, 1994, M2 Junctions 1 to 4 Widening, Evironmental Statement Vol 2 Technical Report 7 Archaeology (Unpublished document). SKE17300.

<4> English Heritage, 2002, Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds (Unpublished document). SKE17515.

<5> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The prehistoric and post-medieval landscapes at Cobham Golf Course, Cobham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17912.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 1999. Brewers Gate Archaeological Excavation Interim Report..
<2>Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 2001. CTRL Area 330 (Zone 5) Cobham Golf Course (ARC CGC 98) Post-excavation report.
<3>Unpublished document: Maunsell. 1994. M2 Junctions 1 to 4 Widening, Evironmental Statement Vol 2 Technical Report 7 Archaeology.
<4>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2002. Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds.
<5>Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. The prehistoric and post-medieval landscapes at Cobham Golf Course, Cobham, Kent.