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Great Gatehouse, Bristol

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gatehouse, with an adjoining tower. The unweathered appearance of the archways led to a public debate between 19th century commentators as to whether the archways had been rebuilt since the 12th century, but the prevailing view, as argued in the 19th century by
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in 1888, who succeeded in retaining many of the features of their original design. He restored the oriels, which at some point had been replaced by sash windows. The single-storey eastern extension is also 19th century.
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The southern side of the carriage gateway is the most elaborate, with the archway having four courses of moulding. The postern gate has carved mouldings around the northern arch but is unvaulted and otherwise plain.
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was later built adjoining the west side of the gatehouse. The deanery was demolished and its place abutting the gatehouse was taken by the new Bristol Central Library building in 1906.
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St Augustine's Abbey was founded in 1140. The earliest parts of the gatehouse were built by around 1170, as the main entrance of the
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style. The shape of the gatehouse itself is imitated by the two tower-like projections at either end of the library's front.
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The gatehouse and tower were additions by abbot John Newland around 1500. The gatehouse is embellished with two-storey
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building. The library's architectural design incorporated many of the gatehouse's features.
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Both the north and south arches of the carriage gateway are densely decorated with carved
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The gatehouse was one of a number of the abbey's monastic buildings which survived the
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in Bristol, England. Its earliest parts date back to around 1170. It was the
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figures on the north front of the library, also carved the statues of four
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The entrance of the once famous Monastery of St Augustine in Bristol (1673)
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on the south side of the gatehouse, placed there in 1914.
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Charles Pibworth, the Bristolian sculptor who created the
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of the gatehouse contain early examples of the use of
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for St Augustine's Abbey, which was the precursor of
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Great Gatehouse, Bristol is located in Bristol
Bristol
Coordinates
51°27′06″N 2°36′05″W / 51.4517°N 2.6015°W / 51.4517; -2.6015
grid reference
ST583727
College Green
gatehouse
Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Central Library
archways
pointed arches
Historic England
listed building
monastic
precinct
Dissolution of the Monasteries
deanery

Norman
carriage
gateway
postern gate
Perpendicular
George Edmund Street
mouldings
ribbed vault
arcading
chapter house

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