Japanese Gateway Chokushi-Mon or Gate of the Imperial Messenger is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1950. Gateway.

Japanese Gateway Chokushi-Mon or Gate of the Imperial Messenger

WRENN ID
quiet-terrace-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1950
Type
Gateway
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement on the 27 June 2022 to update the text

TQ 1876 10/14

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW Japanese Gateway Chokushi-Mon or Gate of the Imperial Messenger

(Formerly listed as Japanese Gateway Chokushi Man on Gate of the Imperial Messenger, previously listed as Japanese Gateway Chokushi Man on Gate of the Imperial Messenger, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS)

10.1.50

II

A replica of the famous gateway in Japan. It was made for an exhibition in London in 1910, and presented to the Gardens. Six piers in rectangular formation, with gates hung within centre pair. Timber, with traditional copper roof (which replaced the original made of cedar bark as part of the 1995 restoration works), gabled on all four sides. Rich carving within gables, and to screens and corbels below.

Listing NGR: TQ1834576142

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