Fire Bell Gate, Barking Abbey is a Grade II* listed building in the Barking and Dagenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1954. A Medieval Gate.

Fire Bell Gate, Barking Abbey

WRENN ID
eternal-ashlar-clover
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Barking and Dagenham
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1954
Type
Gate
Period
Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BROADWAY 1. Barking 5003 Fire Bell Gate, Barking Abbey TQ 48 SW 5/2 28.5.54

II* GV

  1. Late C15-early C16. Two storey gateway. Coursed rubble and stone dressings. Crenellated parapet with embattled octagonal stair turret to north-west corner. Inner and outer archways with moulded jambs, 4-centred arches and labels. Angle buttresses to gateway. Ogee shaped niche above each archway. Early C19 iron gates. Upper floor formed Chapel of the Holy Rood with cinquefoiled lights in a 4-centred head to east and west walls. Fine early mediaeval stone roof. Below and to the north of the east window is late C12 Rood in stone with figures of Virgin and St John. The upper storey has been largely rebuilt in the late C19.

Listing NGR: TQ4409583947

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