Christchurch Gateway is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. A C16 Gateway.

Christchurch Gateway

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1949
Type
Gateway
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TR 1457 NE 4/23

BURGATE (north east Side) Christchurch Gateway

3.12.49.

GV I The entrance to the Cathedral Precincts. Built in 1517 and restored by Caröe in the 1930s. Three storeys ragstone and artificial stone. A square building with octagonal turrets Lierne-vaulted ground room entered through a wide four-centred arch and a foot arch. Rooms on two storeys above the vault. The lower floor has bands of shields on quatrefoils, the upper floor has half-length angels carrying shields. The heraldic shields commemorate Prince Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII who died in 1502. The wooden doors are C17.

Nos 23 to 37 (consec) and the Christchurch Gateway form a group.

Listing NGR: TR1498357860

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