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St Johns Gate
Hob Uid: 404931
Location : Greater London Authority Islington Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ3168082130
Summary : Originally the south gateway to the Priory of Clerkenwell, the headquarters of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem; now the headquarters of the Most Venerable Order of St John. It was built in 1504 by Prior Thomas Docwra and was probably refaced in 1846 through the efforts of the local architect and antiquarian WP Griffith. The gateway was further restored between 1873-4 by Richard Norman Shaw, and again in 1893 and 1903 by John Oldrid Scott, all through the efforts of Sir Edmund Lechmere; the east wing, including the Chapter Hall, was added in 1903 to the designs of Scott. The gateway is constructed from brick with dressed ragstone facings and stone dressings with a roof of clay tiles. The building consists of an arch over the street with a room over it, flanked by slightly higher tower like wings differently arranged on the north and south sides. The arch is four-centred with a star-shaped square tierceron vault, and brickwork of English bond to the interior walls in which are set Tudor-arched windows and a doorway.
More information : (Name centred on TQ 31688213) Site of Hospital of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (AD 1100) (AT) ('A' Name centred on TQ 31678216) Site of the Priory Church (AT) ('B' Name centred on TQ 31718216) Side Aisle (AT) ('C' TQ 31708216) Crypt (AT) ('D' Name extending from TQ 31608215 to TQ 31658219) Site of Priory Wall (AT) ('E' Name extending from TQ 31628210 to TQ 31638210) Site of Priory Wall (AT) ('F' Name centred on TQ 31658217) Site of Postern Gate (AT)('G' TQ 31728205) St. John's Gate (AT) (1) St. John's Gate. The following details are recorded on a plaque fixed to the building. St. John's Gate was the main entry to the Grand Primary of the order of the Hopital of St. John of Jerusalem. Originally erected 1148, burnt down by Wat Tyler 1381. Restored 1504. Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem resumed possession of the Gatehouse in 1873. Descheduled. (2-3) The Preceptory was founded circa 1144, and was the head house of the Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem in England. The prior sat in Parliament like a mitred abbot. The order was restored in Mary's reign, circa 1557-8. (4)

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Source details : OS 1/1056 1914.
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Source details : Descheduling, 03-JUL-2000
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Islington, 30-SEP-1994
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant 1144-1540
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1144
Monument Type : Hospitallers Preceptory
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Built in 1504
Monument End Date : 1504
Monument Start Date : 1504
Monument Type : Gate, Hospitallers Preceptory
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Restored and extant, 1557-8
Monument End Date : 1558
Monument Start Date : 1557
Monument Type : Hospitallers Preceptory
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Refaced in 1846
Monument End Date : 1846
Monument Start Date : 1846
Monument Type : Gate
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Restored 1873-4
Monument End Date : 1874
Monument Start Date : 1873
Monument Type : Gate
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Restored in 1893
Monument End Date : 1893
Monument Start Date : 1893
Monument Type : Gate
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Added to in 1903
Monument End Date : 1903
Monument Start Date : 1903
Monument Type : Gate, Ecclesiastical Office
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LO 8
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 90385
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 369305
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 38 SW 406
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End Date : 1986-12-31

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End Date : 1988-12-31

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1989-01-01
End Date : 1990-12-31

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1989-01-01
End Date : 1989-12-31

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Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1990-01-01
End Date : 1990-12-31

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End Date : 1990-12-31

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End Date : 1992-12-31

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End Date : 1996-12-31

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Start Date : 1998-01-01
End Date : 1998-12-31

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1999-01-01
End Date : 1999-12-31

Historic England Research Records

St Johns Gate