Monument record TR 15 NE 1252 - Prior Selling's Gate, Christchurch Priory

Summary

Prior Selling's Gate, is the Tower gateway, a square shaped gatehouse about 30 feet by 30 feet in size with two large buttresses to the northern exterior, built by Prior Selling (1472-1494) during the 1470's as a gate with a new Prior's Study above. This gateway gave access to and from the Green Court and Infirmary, etc via the Prior's Entry, also called the Dark Entry, passage.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 1516 5799 (7m by 9m)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Willis, R., 1868, 'The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christchurch in Canterbury' (Article in serial). SKE30206.

John Newman, 1969, The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent (Monograph). SKE7874.

Collinson, P., Ramsey, N. & Sparks, M., 1995, A History of Canterbury Cathedral (Monograph). SKE30201.

Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T., 1997, Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture (Monograph). SKE29723.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Monograph: Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T.. 1997. Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture.
  • --- Monograph: Collinson, P., Ramsey, N. & Sparks, M.. 1995. A History of Canterbury Cathedral.
  • --- Article in serial: Willis, R.. 1868. 'The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christchurch in Canterbury'.
  • --- Monograph: John Newman. 1969. The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: 19 Cathedral Precincts (Ref: CAT:214) (EKE13625)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: 19 The Precincts and Necessarium Ruins (EKE13624)

Record last edited

Dec 1 2014 3:26PM