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HERTFORD TL3212SE GASCOYNE WAY
817-1/20/96 (North side)
Gate at NGR TL 3273 1248 GV II Gate, one of a pair, removed from Priory House, following its
demolition mid C19. Early C18, re-erected 1964. Wrought-iron
gate with square uprights, scrollwork band, intermediate
spears, and shouldered semicircular arched head, with
scrollwork and urn fixed side panels, and arched overthrow,
with scrollwork, spearheads, leaves and Greek Cross finial.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Hertford Priory lay on a site south of the
River Lea, and was founded by Ralph de Limesi, one of William
I's knights. After the Dissolution Priory House was erected on
the site in the C17. It was demolished mid C19, and the gates
were reset near Church of All Saints with St John, Queen's
Road (qv). The construction of the Hertford Relief Road,
Gascoyne Way, in 1964, resulted in their removal and resetting
between modern red brick piers, facing each other across the
new dual carriageway highway.
(Page FM: History of Hertford: Hertford: 1993-: 21, 27, 53,
54).
Listing NGR: TL3273012485
Legacy
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Legacy System number:
461342
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LBS
Sources
Books and journals Page, F M, History of Hertford, (1993), 53 54 Page, F M, History of Hertford, (1993), 21 27
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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