Abbey Pend was an early 16th century stone Gothic gatehouse, founded by King James IV. In 1502 a palace with a gate, were constructed in the outer court of the Augustinian Abbey of Holyrood, which was originally founded by King David I in 1128. The gatehouse was extended from 1647 to 1663 but in 1753 it was demolished, leaving only fragments of its right-hand wing. Now incorporated into the Abbey Court-house, its outside wall still displays the remnants of the vaulting within the gatehouse and the position of a cross-wall.