Listed Building: CHRISTCHURCH GATEWAY (1085119)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 856, 4, 23
Date assigned 03 December 1949
Date last amended

Description

1. 944 BURGATE (North East Side) Christchurch Gateway TR 1457 NE 4/23 3.12.49. I GV 2. The entrance to the Cathedral Precincts. Built in 1517 and restored by Caroe in the 1930s. 3 storeys ragstone and artificial stone. A square building with octagonal turrets Lierne-vaulted ground noon entered through a wide 4-centred arch and a foot arch. Rooms on 2 storeys above the vault. The lower floor has bands of shields on quatrefoils, the upper floor has half-length angels carrying shields. The heraldic shields commemorate Prince Asthur, the eldest son of Henry VII who died in 1502. The wooden doors are C17. Nos 23 to 37 (consec) and the Christchurch Gateway form a group. Listing NGR: TR1498357860

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1498 5786 (point)
Map sheet TR15NW
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 4:25PM