Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11/05/2018

SK 5804 SW
2/20

CASTLE STREET
Nos 20 and 22 (The Gate House)

5.1.50

GV
II*
Built 1445-59. Picturesque building with brick and stone ground floor and above of timber-framing with close-set studding. Two storeys with right-hand three-storey oversailing coved gable end with carved bargeboards. Some modern and some C18 fenestration. Six windows, C18 sashes with glazing bars some restored, and casements with leaded panes. Doorway on right. On left first floor oversails with carriageway through to Castle Yard with heavily moulded jambs and lintel braced at angles with continuous moulding forming elliptical arch. The wing at rear facing Castle Yard is brick faced and there is a small C18 red brick addition.

All the listed buildings in Castle Street, Castle View and Castle Yard together with Skeffington House, the Iron Gates, Chantry House and Newarke Wall all in The Newarke form a group.

Listing NGR: SK5826704207

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Leicester Castle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6519156

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6