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Bastille Gate (Site Of)
Hob Uid: 869484
Location : Coventry Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SP3387079080
Summary : Bastille Gate, early C15th to 1849.
More information : (SP33877908) Bastile (sic) Gate (Site of) [NR].(1) Bastille Gate (site). Also known as Mill Lane Gate, Dern Gate, Down Water Gate, and Earl's Mill or Earl's Milne, Gate. Erected ca.1375, it was the last gate to be demolished, in 1849.(2) Depicted.(3) The Bastille gate, (called le Derngate in 1411), was located at the end of Earl's Mill Lane, just South of the R. Sherbourne. It was demolished in 1849. It appears to have been a rectangular, two- storeyed building with embattled parapets, but an extra storey was added when it was converted to a dwelling ca.1675.(4) In 1748, it is depicted with a turret or cupola on the roof, and the gate was pierced by a single arch.(5) (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 22,23.
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Source details : Plan of Coventry, 1748-9. (Bradford S)
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Monument Types:

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

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

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 37 NW 60
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