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Castle Gatehouse

A medieval castle gatehouse with two crenellated stone towers, an arched gateway with a half-lowered iron portcullis and an open wooden door, heraldic banners, torches, curtain-wall stubs and a stone causeway over the moat.

297 parts 18 steps Advanced

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Build steps

Step 1 of 18

  1. Step 1 · 12 pieces

    • Plate 2 x 8 Blue 3034 3×
    • Plate 2 x 8 Green 3034 6×
    • Plate 8 x 8 Green 41539 3×

About this build

Stand at the end of the causeway and you look straight down the gate passage, past a black grille that has stopped halfway. That grille is a portcullis: a heavy lattice of wood or iron that slid down grooves in the gateway to seal it shut. An entrance is the natural weak spot in any castle wall, so medieval builders fortified it heavily, with towers on both sides and defenders stationed above the gate.

The brick version keeps that layout. Two 6 x 6 stone towers flank a passage four studs wide, joined above the arch by a wall-walk. Embossed masonry bricks in light gray give the walls their texture over a dark gray plinth, and stacked black 1 x 1 bricks make the narrow arrow slits through which archers could shoot while staying under cover.

Most of the effort sits in the long middle stretch, steps 3 to 14, where you raise both towers course by course. It is steady, repetitive work, and the arrow slits are the easiest thing to misalign, so keep checking them against the course below. Step 8 is the busiest single step: the arch, the portcullis, the door frame and an open reddish-brown door all go in together.

The top is where the build gets its character. In step 15 each tower is capped with an 8 x 8 plate that overhangs on all sides, red banners with yellow hems hang from the edges, and step 16 lines the tops with crenellations, the alternating solid merlons and open gaps of a battlement.

All told it is 297 parts in 18 steps on a 24 x 14 stud base. Budget around 75 to 100 minutes.

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Parts list
PartName / IDColorQty
Brick 1 x 13005 Black 24
Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud3062b Black 4
Fence Ornamented 1 x 4 x 2 with Square Lattice32932 Black 1
Plate 1 x 1 Round6141 Black 2
Plate 2 x 83034 Blue 3
Plate 2 x 83034 Green 6
Plate 8 x 841539 Green 3
Plant Flower 2 x 2 Leaves4727 Green 2
Plant Flower 2 x 2 with Solid Stud98262 Green 2
Panel 1 x 2 x 2 Reinforced87552 Red 5
Plate 1 x 1 Round6141 Bright Green 4
Plate 1 x 23023b Yellow 5
Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud3062b Trans Orange 2
Cone 1 x 14589 Trans Orange 4
Door 1 x 4 x 6 with 4 Panes and Stud Handle60623 Reddish Brown 1
Brick 1 x 4 with Embossed Bricks15533 Light Bluish Grey 44
Brick 2 x 2 Corner2357 Light Bluish Grey 8
Brick 1 x 13005 Light Bluish Grey 38
Brick 1 x 63009 Light Bluish Grey 10
Brick 1 x 43010 Light Bluish Grey 2
Arch 1 x 6 x 2 with Thick Top and Reinforced Underside3307 Light Bluish Grey 1
Brick 1 x 33622 Light Bluish Grey 15
Brick 1 x 2 with Embossed Bricks98283 Light Bluish Grey 37
Tile 1 x 4 with Groove2431 Dark Bluish Grey 2
Brick 2 x 43001 Dark Bluish Grey 2
Brick 1 x 23004 Dark Bluish Grey 13
Brick 1 x 13005 Dark Bluish Grey 17
Brick 1 x 63009 Dark Bluish Grey 4
Brick 1 x 43010 Dark Bluish Grey 10
Plate 4 x 63032 Dark Bluish Grey 2
Slope Brick 45 2 x 23039 Dark Bluish Grey 4
Slope Brick 45 2 x 13040b Dark Bluish Grey 6
Plate 1 x 63666 Dark Bluish Grey 2
Plate 6 x 63958 Dark Bluish Grey 1
Plate 8 x 841539 Dark Bluish Grey 2
Door 1 x 4 x 6 Frame60596 Dark Bluish Grey 1
Tile 2 x 487079 Dark Bluish Grey 4
Brick 1 x 1 Round with Hollow Stud3062b Dark Green 2
Plant Flower 2 x 2 Leaves4727 Dark Green 2
Total pieces297