Editing Gisborough Priory (section)

===Outer buildings===
[[File:Gisborough Priory gatehouse.jpg|right|thumb|The remains of the outer porch of the great gate of Gisborough Priory]]
The priory buildings stood at the centre of a walled precinct arranged in two courts, inner and outer with gatehouses at the entrances to both; the remains of the great gate of the inner court are extant but the outer gatehouse no longer survives. The gate comprised an outer porch, an inner gatehall and a porter's lodge on the ground floor with chambers above the arch. It survived intact into the early 18th century but only the outer porch remains.<ref name="Coppack3">{{harvnb|Coppack|1993|page=3}}</ref> The structure consists of a single large round-headed archway on the outer side with two smaller arches of different sizes, both deeply rebated to accommodate doors, a few metres to the south. The larger arch was for wagons while pedestrians entered through the smaller arch. Little remains of the gatehall or the porter's lodge; the only remnants visible are the stub of its north wall and a [[latrine]] shaft.<ref name="Coppack4">{{harvnb|Coppack|1993|page=4}}</ref>

The canons built an octagonal [[dovecote]] a short distance to the west of the west range. The dovecote is extant, though it cannot be visited and is not part of the priory grounds.<ref name="NHL" /> Built in the 14th century, it was modified in the mid-18th century with the addition of a pyramidal roof tiled with [[Slate industry in Wales|Welsh slate]] and capped with an open-sided timber cupola. The original nesting boxes have been removed and the dovecote is used as a garden store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-59927-priory-dovecote-to-west-of-st-mary-s-prio|title=Priory Dovecote, to West of St Mary's Priory Ruins, Guisborough|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=6 August 2011}}</ref>