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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 11
Type of record:Monument
Name:York Gate, Harbour Street, Broadstairs

Summary

York Gate was originally constructed in c.1540, dated from an inscription on the monument. It was built of Kentish ragstone: brick and flint additions have been made during repair works in 1795. The monument is Grade II listed and is in fact an arch not a gate.

Grid Reference:TR 3989 6788
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • ARCH (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? (at some time) to 2050 AD (at some time))

Full description

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[TR 39896788] York Gate (NR) (1) York Gate, Harbour Street, Broadstairs was built c.1540, repaired in 1795. (2) The original York gate was of Kentish rag but it has been repaired in brick and knapped flint. Inscribed stones give the date of building, 1540, and date of repair, 1795. GP AO/63/121/A : gate from SE. (3) The York Gate, Harbour Street, Broadstairs. Grade II. Built about 1540 repaired in 1795. (For full description see list). (4) York Gate, an arch not a gate, basically medieval, with a portcullis groove. (5)


<1> OS 1/1250 1955 (OS Card Reference). SKE48114.

<2> M.H.L.G. (906/11/A, May 1948). 2 (OS Card Reference). SKE46254.

<3> F1 CFW 04-OCT-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42423.

<4> DOE (HHR) Dist. of Thanet. Broadstairs and St Peters Area 1974, 18 (OS Card Reference). SKE40456.

<5> B.O.E. North East & East Kent 1983, 163 (J. Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37441.

<6> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 11 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6154.

<7> YORK GATE AT BROADSTAIRS & ST. PETER'S FROM S.E. (Photograph). SKE2566.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 1/1250 1955.
<2>OS Card Reference: M.H.L.G. (906/11/A, May 1948). 2.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-OCT-63.
<4>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist. of Thanet. Broadstairs and St Peters Area 1974, 18.
<5>OS Card Reference: B.O.E. North East & East Kent 1983, 163 (J. Newman).
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 11 - October, 1963.
<7>XYPhotograph: YORK GATE AT BROADSTAIRS & ST. PETER'S FROM S.E.. OS63/F121/4. Black and White. Negative. [Mapped feature: #61274 Gate, ]