gate house
Entrance guard station
A gatehouse is a building at or over a gate, typically controlling entry to a larger property.
Historically, gatehouses guarded castle or estate entrances, housing guards or toll collectors.
Modern gatehouses control access to gated communities or industrial sites: The security guard waved us through from the gatehouse.
Usually written as one word.
- guardhouseSentry post structure
- checkpointInspection station on route
- security boothStaffed access control point
- tollboothRoad fee collection point
- entrancePoint of access
castle entrance · portal · stone archway · medieval fortress · drawbridge · watchtower · bailey · medieval · border control · sentinel · vigilance · manorialism · feudalism · security · visitor pass · entryway · postern · turret
- guard postssentry box, sentry post, guard booth, guard shack, guard tower
- park buildingsranger station, visitor center, nature center, lookout tower, fire tower
- park entrancesmain entrance, north entrance, access road, welcome center, welcome sign
- rural buildingsbarn, farmhouse, dairy barn, granary, silo
- medieval townmarket square, town square, town wall, town walls, cobblestone
- secure placesprison, jail, vault, bank vault, fortress
building hierarchy/status
gate housemain house
Estate's principal residence
manor house · mansion · great house · castle · palace