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The Architecture of the Buildings of Brig-Wallis Prep School, Part 7: The Gatehouse

The Gatehouse The final architectural renovation to the quadrangular campus was the Cambridge-style neo-gothic structure that served as the joinder between the western 'entry' wall of the Chapel and the eastern wall of Merchant House. Basement-less, The building serves as the Polenstrasse public entrance to the school grounds--to both the Quad and the Chapel. The ground floor consists of the massive pointed archway in which a large wooden double door has been fashioned--the easternmost door in which has been cut out a small, human-size doorway that can be used separately and independently of the large double doors. The first floor consists of the offices and residence of the school's headmaster. The Third floor is decorative sculptures and spires and  roofing.      Access to the first floor --which are, in fact, elevated one half storey above the first floor of Merchant House and half a floor down from Merchant House's second floor apartments--in which are housed ...