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Latitude: 51.3812 / 51°22'52"N
Longitude: 1.4406 / 1°26'26"E
OS Eastings: 639516
OS Northings: 170303
OS Grid: TR395703
Mapcode National: GBR X01.C1Y
Mapcode Global: VHMCP.XKG0
Plus Code: 9F339CJR+F7
Entry Name: King's Gate in Grounds of Port Regis School
Listing Date: 20 September 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1239439
English Heritage Legacy ID: 417101
ID on this website: 101239439
Location: Kingsgate, Thanet, Kent, CT10
County: Kent
District: Thanet
Civil Parish: Broadstairs and St. Peters
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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TR 37 SE
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BROADSTAIRS
CONVENT ROAD (North Side)
King's Gate in grounds of Former Port Regis School
(Formerly listed as King's Gate in grounds of Port Regis School)
GV
II
Lord Holland built this archway on the shore to commemorate a landing of King Charles II and the Duke of York in 1683. Before this date Kingsgate had been known as St Bartholomew's Gate. Lady Holland was the great-grand daughter of Charles II. In 1819 the gateway was demolished by a gale but it was re-erected in the grounds of the Convent.
Pointed arch of rough flints with a Latin inscription announcing that the name of Bartholomew's Gate should now be changed to King's Gate in honour of the landing there on 30 June 1683 of Charles II and James Duke of York. Stone eagle to the left side of the arch and shield to the other side. The seaward side has an inscription
in metal in Saxon characters. "God bless Bath'lem's Gate", and two stone plaques, one on each side, each surmounted by a crown. The left side one has a Y, the right side one 2 Cs intertwined. These are supposed to refer to the Duke of York, King Charles II and Carolina, Lady Holland. Flint wall on either side of the archway.
All listed buildings in Port Regis School grounds form a group.
Listing NGR: TR3951670302
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