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St Ethelbert's Gate

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Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk

St Ethelbert's Gate
St Ethelbert's Gate
St Ethelbert's Gate
St Ethelbert's Gate
St Ethelbert's Gate
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The external elevation is divided into three storeys in the lowest of which is the gateway with flat buttresses on each side carried up the height of two storeys and enriched with pediment niches in both stages. The upper chamber over the arch is decorated with flush work and seven niches under step gables; four are pierced with narrow windows. This was a chapel dedicated to Saint Ethelbert. The upper stage is decorated with three flushwork rose windows – the result of the restoration by Wilkins in 1815. The stonework and carvings were replaced under the supervision of Sir Bernard Feilden in 1964 including the man fighting a dragon, and the Virgin and Child by Frank Beverley.
Title

St Ethelbert's Gate

Date

1316–1320

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 1200 x W 800 x D (?) cm

Accession number

NR3_RHT_S100

Acquisition method

commissioned by Cathedral Priory

Work type

Gateway

Owner

Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral 

Custodian

Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral 

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Listing date

26/02/64

Access

at all times

Inscription description

two inscriptions: RGC.FEC Restoration 1964; t. S.G. 1828 

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Located at

Tombland, Norwich

NR3 1RE

Forms part of the of Cathedral Close wall.

Artist or maker

unknown artist

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