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Greyfriars Gate (Site Of)
Hob Uid: 869479
Location : Coventry Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SP3325078750
Summary : Greyfriar's Gate, late C14th - 1781.
More information : (SP33257875) Greyfriar's Gate (Site of) [NR].(1) Greyfriar's Gate (site). erected 1384, demolished ca.1781.(2) Depicted.(3) Greyfriar's Gate, called Frer Gate in 1421, was licenced to be built of stone from Cheylesmore Park in 1385, and was the main exit to Kenilworth and Warwick. It became a tenement in 1705, and was demolished in 1781. The gate had flanking towers with conical roofs. The two lower storeys formed an embattled projection into Warwick Lane, the gateway arch being surmounted by pointed two-light windows alternating with pinnacled niches.(4) (Forms part of Coventry City walls, SP37NW48.)

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Source details : OS 2500 1961.
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Source details : Newell C 1924. Coventry City Walls and Gates.
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Source details : Map of Coventry 1610. (Speed J)
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Source details : VCH Warwickshire 8 1969 22-3 illus.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Gatehouse, Gate
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Gate, Gatehouse
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 37 NW 55
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