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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1288 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Gate between the Lay and Monk's Cemeteries, Christchurch Priory |
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Summary
A Gateway is shpown on Pripr Wibert's Plan of the Priory's Waterworks dated c. 1165 and is clearly earlier.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1514 5787 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GATE (C12-C19, Medieval to Unknown - 1135 AD?)
Full description
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A Gateway is shpown on Prior Wibert's Plan of the Priory's Waterworks dated c. 1165 and is clearly earlier. It is the original entrance in the wall that separates the Archbishop's Palace Grounds from those of the Priory Precincts, via a small Norman gateway, which was probaly built by the early 12th century (c. 1135) the dividing wall runs from the east end of the Nave of the Cathedral to thje Precinct boundary wall to the south.
The gateway and wall were demolished during the early 19th century and a new gateway was built much further east in the Precinct wall giving access into the old Convent Garden.
Willis, R., 1868, 'The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christchurch in Canterbury' (Article in serial). SKE30206.
Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T., 1997, Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture (Monograph). SKE29723.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T.. 1997. Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture. |
| --- | Article in serial: Willis, R.. 1868. 'The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christchurch in Canterbury'. |
