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Latitude: 52.6848 / 52°41'5"N
Longitude: -1.8325 / 1°49'56"W
OS Eastings: 411422
OS Northings: 309692
OS Grid: SK114096
Mapcode National: GBR 3C9.RHV
Mapcode Global: WHCGN.TSL4
Plus Code: 9C4WM5M9+W2
Entry Name: Remains of West Gate
Listing Date: 5 February 1952
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1291737
English Heritage Legacy ID: 382790
ID on this website: 101291737
Location: Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13
County: Staffordshire
District: Lichfield
Civil Parish: Lichfield
Built-Up Area: Lichfield
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
LICHFIELD
SK1109NW THE CLOSE
1094-1/4/224 (West side)
05/02/52 Remains of West Gate
GV II
Remains of the north side of the west gate of the Close
fortifications, probably the south wall. c1300, completed
c1322-58. For Bishop Langton. Ashlar. Wall, approx. 2 storeys
in height, with short returns. Offset to top and to plinth on
left return. Small segmental-headed entrance. One of the few
remaining visible parts of the Close fortifications; the rest
of the gate was demolished to make way for Newton's College
(qv).
(Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade MW:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.60; ).
Listing NGR: SK1142309692
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