Listed Building record TR 36 NW 1026 - DENT DE LION GATEWAY

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499. Fifteenth century gatehouse, the only surviving element of a medieval manor house. The building is square on plan with stair turrets at the angles and two outer arches, and contains two early 15th century gunports. The building is constructed of alternate bands of squared, knapped flints, and bricks, mostly red, but yellow in the turret-tops

Location

Grid reference TR 33216 69627 (point)
Map sheet TR36NW
Civil Parish MARGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> M.H.L.G. (1380/11/A. March 1948). 1 (OS Card Reference). SKE46240.

<3> Arch. Cant. 25, 1902, 57-60, illust. (C.E. Woodruff) (OS Card Reference). SKE36991.

<4> A.M. England & Wales 1961, 59 (OS Card Reference). SKE32940.

<5> F1 CFW 01-OCT-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42382.

<6> DOE (HHR) Borough of Margate, Thanet District, Kent 1973, 22 (OS Card Reference). SKE39949.

<7> B.O.E. North East and East Kent 1983, 331-2, pl. 63 (J. Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37447.

<8> Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 5 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49911.

<9> Castellarium Anglicarum 1 1983, 239 (D.J. Cathcart-King) (OS Card Reference). SKE38614.

<10> Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No 36 (OS Card Reference). SKE44750.

<11> DOE (IAM) SAMS 1988, Kent 23 (OS Card Reference). SKE40778.

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

<13> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 9 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6216.

Sources/Archives (13)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: M.H.L.G. (1380/11/A. March 1948). 1.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. 25, 1902, 57-60, illust. (C.E. Woodruff).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: A.M. England & Wales 1961, 59.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 01-OCT-63.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Borough of Margate, Thanet District, Kent 1973, 22.
  • <7> OS Card Reference: B.O.E. North East and East Kent 1983, 331-2, pl. 63 (J. Newman).
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 5 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit).
  • <9> OS Card Reference: Castellarium Anglicarum 1 1983, 239 (D.J. Cathcart-King).
  • <10> OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No 36.
  • <11> OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) SAMS 1988, Kent 23.
  • <12>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #35300 Listed building, ]
  • <13> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NW 9 - October, 1963.

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Record last edited

Jun 30 2023 4:55PM