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Passed through St Mary's Gate again in Gloucester from Cathedral Close to St Mary's Square.

Grade I listed building.

St Marys Gate Adjoining Number 14 College Green, Gloucester

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW COLLEGE GREEN
844-1/8/80 (West side)
23/01/52 St Mary's Gate adjoining No.14
College Green

GV I

Formerly known as: College Gate COLLEGE GREEN.
Gatehouse, now includes offices. Late C12, refronted and
heightened in early C13; for the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter
as the Great Gate to the Outer Court of the monastery, now
part of College Green; altered in C18 and restored in late C19
by FS Waller for the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral.
Ashlar, rubble, tiled roof, wrought-iron gates.
PLAN: gate passage leads from St Mary's Square into north-west
corner of College Green, passage covered by two bays of
quadripatite vaulting; with a large chamber at first-floor
level above the passage.
EXTERIOR: two storeys with cross gabled fronts facing the
street and the court; the outer front facing St Mary's Street
has a large arch to the passage with recessed orders to the
jambs, formerly with nook shafts, and at first-floor level an
arcade of four bays with the two inner bays flanked by smaller
bays; the inner bays framing windows with flat lintels; in the
gable a recessed triangular panel within which are the jambs
and arches of a three-bay blank arcade with the shafts
removed. The inner front above the archway to the passage
restored in late C19; similar to outer front.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
(VCH: The City of Gloucester: Oxford: 1988-: 282; Welander D:
The History, Art and Architecture of Gloucester Cathedral:
Stroud, Gloucestershire: 1991-).

Listing NGR: SO8300818865

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

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Taken in: UK / England / Gloucester District / Gloucester (show map)

Taken on: September 3, 2020

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Grade I listed building

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College Gate COLLEGE GREEN

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