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SP3378 : Whitefriars Gate

near to Coventry, Great Britain

Whitefriars Gate

The recent preservation of the three houses, 35-37 Much Park Street, that form this building owes much to Ron Morgan who lived in the building for 45 years and opened a toy museum here in 1970 displaying his collection of toys dating from 1740. He died in 2007.

The building from Whitefriars Lane: Link

The only remaining part of the monastery buildings, the east range of the cloisters, is separated from this gateway by the ring road. See Link

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Whitefriars gateway

The gateway dates from about the mid fourteenth century. It is thought to have been originally constructed as a plain arch leading to Whitefriars Monastery and that, when John Hales took over the buildings after the dissolution of the monastery, he had a second wall built parallel to the arch and a room slung between the two. This has been deduced from the projection of the timber-framed upper room into the upper part of the arch and the fact that there are no stone side walls. A grade II* listed building.

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2008

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Grid Square: SP3378, 268 images (more nearby)
Photographer: E Gammie (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Monday, 30 June, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 30 June, 2008
Category: Historic building (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SP 337 786 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:24.3111N 1:30.3461W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SP 337 786
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)