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

The entrance was cordoned off by police and the rubble of what might have been some kind of gatehouse was strewn across the ground.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 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

Matthias stopped above the gatehouse and stamped his foot upon the stones.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques