| Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse | |
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 the remains of the gatehouse in Ramsey | |
 Interactive map of Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse | |
| Location | Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Area | Huntingdonshire |
| Built | 15th century |
| Demolished | 1537 |
| Governing body | National Trust |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Gatehouse to Ramsey Abbey |
| Designated | 1 May 1951 |
| Reference no. | 1130258 |
Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse was thegatehouse to theBenedictineRamsey Abbey inRamsey,Huntingdonshire (now part ofCambridgeshire), England. The gatehouse isPerpendicular Gothic and was built late in the 15th century.
In 1537the abbey was dissolved andthe Crown granted its buildings and site toRichard Williams (alias Cromwell), who used most of the buildings as a surface quarry for the Barnack stone. He had part of the gatehouse (believed to be the outer gatehouse) dismantled, moved toHinchingbrooke House and rebuilt as its gatehouse there.[1] The remainder of the gatehouse survives as a ruin at Ramsey.
In 1951 theMinistry of Works made the gatehouse aGrade I listed building.[2] In 1952Ailwyn Fellowes, 3rd Baron de Ramsey gave the gatehouse to theNational Trust in memory of his sister Diana Broughton.
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