Gothic-Renaissance town gate of the 14th century in Gryfice, today with guest rooms and a clock with a bugle call.
The Stone Gate is one of the oldest elements of the fortifications of Gryfice, built in the 14th century. It stands in the northern part of the Old Town. The first documentary mention of the fortification dates from 1333. Voivodeship road no. 109 runs through its passage.
It took its name from a stone mill that once stood nearby. It was also called the Mill Gate or the Trzebiatów Gate, after the trade route from Greater Poland to Kamień, with a branch to Kołobrzeg. Besides defence, it served as a toll collection point. Together with the High Gate and the no longer existing Rega Gate it formed a complex of town fortifications.
The main part was built in the Gothic style of brick. After a fire in the 15th century the building was reconstructed, and Renaissance elements were added later: cornices, gables and pilasters. The gate has three storeys and a passage under two pointed arches. The barrel vault with lunettes forms a four-armed star pattern on the axis of the passage. In the south gable the central pilaster is topped with a pig's head, and in the north gable, in the flat plaster, the figure of a knight can be seen. On the ridge stands a small tower with a clock.
Before the war the building housed an inn with a bowling alley and a people's library. After the war the building stood unused for a long time. From the early 1990s a café and entertainment part operated in it, and later sports and rehabilitation activity. After the revitalisation of 2007 the gate serves as a hotel with 16 beds, and a Creative Work House also operates here. From the south the renovated clock can be seen, beside which the town's bugle call is played electronically three times a day.
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