The W Gate Canterbury, England
Listed Building Data
The W Gate has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1241660
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 3 December 1949
- Name
- THE WEST GATE
- Location
- THE WEST GATE, ST DUNSTAN'S STREET
- District
- Canterbury
- County
- Kent
- Grid Reference
- TR 14598 58091
- Easting
- 614597.7500
- Northing
- 158090.8811
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
- 944 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET
The west Gate TR 1458 SE 2/100 3.12.49.
I
- The only remaining gate of the City. 1380. Ragstone gateway with ribbed vaulting and chamber over flanked by 2 circular towers on its west front. Machicolation between the towers, Castellated parapet. Loop lights except on the east side which has a 2-light window with mullion and transom and an iron grill on the lst floor. Buttresses at file north east and north west corners Stair turret on north side leads to a 1st floor chamber, used as a prison in the C19. The Guardroom has a fine C19 fireback, dated 1649 with lion, Tudor Rose and fleur de lis motifs. Public executions were carried out outside the West Gate. Scheduled as an AM.
Listing NGR: TR1460058087
