Westminster Gate
Names
- Westminster Gate
- Kings Street Gate
Street/Area/District
- King Street
Maps & Views
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): King Street Gate
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): King Street Gate
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): King Street Gate
- 1593 Westminster (Norden, 1653): King Street Gate
- 1600 Civitas Londini - prospect (Norden): King Street Gate
- 1658 London (Newcourt & Faithorne): King Street Gate
- 1670 Whitehall (after Fisher): Westminster Gate
- 1720 London (Strype): Westminster Gate
Descriptions
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Westminster Gate. It is an ancient piece of Building, opening out of the Cockpit to King str. in the N. part of Westminster. The Structure is old, with the Remains of several Figures, the Queen's Arms, Roses &c whereby it was enriched. It hath 4 Towers, and the S. side is adorned with Pilasters and Entablature of the Ionic Order. There are also in Westminster, the Gates opening out of New Palace yard, and Tuthill street.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
[Westminster Gate.] Cockpit, an ancient noble Building betn the Cockpit and Westminster Gates …