Listed Building record TR 15 NW 693 - THE WEST GATE

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1380 to 1899 The West Gate is, and was, Canterbury’s last remaining medieval gate. Military and civil-defence personnel had to share this building for much of the Second World War. Its civil-defence uses included the use of a room in the gateway as an emergency police control room, and of the battlements to house a siren, and also, later, as an observer post. Summary from record TR 15 NW 155: West Gate. Former site of the Church of the Holy Cross.

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Grid reference TR 14599 58088 (point)
Map sheet TR15NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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<1> OS 1:2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48196.

<2> Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home) (OS Card Reference). SKE36731.

<3> Ro Canterbury 1959 (S Frere) (OS Card Reference). SKE49268.

<4> F1 FGA 27-JAN-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42991.

<5> Arch of Cant 2 1982 107-19 plans and elevations The West Gate (T Tatton-Brown John Bowen) (OS Card Reference). SKE36821.

<6> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 207 (OS Card Reference). SKE40037.

<7> CAT Ann Rep 51980-1 16 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE38677.

<8> Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57035 6 of 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE43891.

<9> Canterbury's Archaeology 1987-88 15 16 (P Bennett, J Anderson) (OS Card Reference). SKE38577.

<10> CAT Ann Rep 1982-3 22-23 (P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE38665.

<11> Stonewest, 2013, Report on Stonework Condition & Remedial Treatment West Gate Towers Canterbury, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Unpublished document). SKE52387.

<12> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<13> Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE14727.

<14> Historic England, Archive material associated with Canterbury's West Gate, Listed Building (Archive). SKE54677.

Sources/Archives (14)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Ro Canterbury 1959 (S Frere).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 27-JAN-65.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Arch of Cant 2 1982 107-19 plans and elevations The West Gate (T Tatton-Brown John Bowen).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 207.
  • <7> OS Card Reference: CAT Ann Rep 51980-1 16 (T Tatton-Brown).
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57035 6 of 29.
  • <9> OS Card Reference: Canterbury's Archaeology 1987-88 15 16 (P Bennett, J Anderson).
  • <10> OS Card Reference: CAT Ann Rep 1982-3 22-23 (P Bennett).
  • <11> Unpublished document: Stonewest. 2013. Report on Stonework Condition & Remedial Treatment West Gate Towers Canterbury, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
  • <12>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #23920 Gate, ]
  • <13> Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
  • <14> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Canterbury's West Gate, Listed Building.

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Assessment of stonework condition, West Gate Towers, Canterbury (EKE20316)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Building Survey of the Westgate (Ref: 325) (EKE13319)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Westgate (Ref: CAT: 325) (EKE13449)
  • Intrusive Event: WESTGATE CHAMBER (Ref: EI 36473) (EKE4613)

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2024 2:16PM