Lincoln

NUMBER 52 AND ADJOINING NEWPORT ARCH, 52, BAILGATE, LINCOLN

 

Grade I listed

 

List Entry Number: 1388450

 

 

Detail

 

LINCOLN

 

SK9772SE BAILGATE 1941-1/7/28 No.52 08/10/53 and adjoining Newport Arch

 

GV I

 

Remains of the inner face of the Roman north gateway, and adjoining house to east. C3 and C17, altered and restored C14, C18, C19, mid and late C20. Coursed squared stone facing with rubble core. Adjoining house has plain tile roof and 2 brick gable stacks. Main archway has to right a smaller archway with a pedestrian tunnel. On the north side, remains of the inner walls of the gateway, approx. 10m long. The house has a central beaded plank door with a C20 tiled hood, flanked by single windows. Above, 2 windows, all C20. The Newport Arch is the remnant of the north gate to the Roman legionary fortress, and became the north gate of the late Roman and medieval city. Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No.4. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 440).

 

 

Listing NGR: SK9767072132

 

 

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