Description

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SK 5804 SW,
2/112

THE NEWARKE (North Side),
Magazine Gateway

(Formerly listed as: Magazine Gateway Regimental Museum)

(Previously listed as: Newarke Gateway)

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Mediaeval gateway to the area added to the Castle in 1331 by the Third
Earl of Leicester. The building is circa 1410. Stone. Rectangular on
plan. Three storeys. Bertizans at angles and domed octagonal stair turret.
Restored parapet. Moulded four-centred arches to pedestrian and carriageways
to east, only one wider arch on west, with tierceron-vault. Rectangular
windows with moulded labels, mostly Victorian restoration, deeply recessed
one two or three-light stone mullion windows with cusped head lights.
The Drill Hall extension of 1894 in facsimile on south has been demolished.
It is now isolated by recent road scheme. Used as a museum until 1996.
A.M.

Listing NGR: SK5844604120

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Magazine Gateway at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6729752

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2