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Latitude: 51.2793 / 51°16'45"N
Longitude: 1.0812 / 1°4'52"E
OS Eastings: 614984
OS Northings: 157860
OS Grid: TR149578
Mapcode National: GBR TY2.Q57
Mapcode Global: VHLGM.P3FM
Plus Code: 9F3373HJ+PF
Entry Name: Christchurch Gateway
Listing Date: 3 December 1949
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1085119
English Heritage Legacy ID: 170460
Also known as: Christ Church Gate
ID on this website: 101085119
Location: Canterbury, Kent, CT1
County: Kent
District: Canterbury
Electoral Ward/Division: Westgate
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Canterbury
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Gate
TR 1457 NE
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BURGATE (north east Side)
Christchurch Gateway
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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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