Remains of West Gate
REMAINS OF WEST GATE, THE CLOSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291737
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Remains of West Gate
- Statutory Address:
- REMAINS OF WEST GATE, THE CLOSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291737
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Remains of West Gate
- Statutory Address 1:
- REMAINS OF WEST GATE, THE CLOSE
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- REMAINS OF WEST GATE, THE CLOSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Lichfield (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lichfield
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 11422 09691
Details
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
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 382790
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, (1990), 60
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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