Above photo taken 31 August 1983, kindly sent by Chris Excell.

Above photos taken from http://officialpubguide.com  showing the "Gate Inn" when it was open, date unknown.

Above photo by Paul Skelton, 6 June, 2013, showing the former "Gate Inn."

Above sign left 1950. The sign right appears to still be hanging on the building as shown above, June 2013.

The above sign, wasn't actually designed and released by Whitbread, but has been designed by Robert Greenham in the same style as the card sets they distributed as a representation of what the sign looked like. Robert says:- This was based on the image which appeared on Whitbread's metal map for East Kent which was painted by D. W. Burley in 1950, on commission from Whitbread.

The above metal map, kindly sent by Robert Greenham was released, in 1950 and painted by D. W. Burley, and was titled Inn-Signia of Whitbread Houses in East Kent, Whitbread & Co Ltd. The Inn Signs designed by:- M. C. Balston, Vena Chalker, Kathleen M Claxton, K. M. Doyle, Ralph Ellis, Marjorie Hutton, Harvey James, Prudence Rae-Martin, Violet Rutter, L. Toynbee and Kit Watson.