Lincoln Cathedral Exchequergate Arch from West End of cathedral looking out to town.
Photo taken 18 March 1992. Compare this photo to images taken just before cleaning in 2019 and you will see how polution had stained the stonework within the last 27 years. Major conservation and restoration work undertaken in 2019 as part of Lincoln Cathedral Connected, a major National Lottery Heritage Fund project. The works included re-roofing, repointing and structural repairs to correct settlement cracks in the Grade I listed structure. The masonry was cleaned, and conservation work was be carried out to the stone carvings. It was the first time the Arch had undergone work since the late 1800s. "The Exchequergate Arch is what remains from two gatehouses – a west gatehouse which was later demolished circa 1796, and the surviving east gatehouse – originally constructed during King Edward I’s reign to protect the precinct surrounding the church of St Mary Magdalene. The gatehouses were designed to house four small shops in the ground floor of its bastions. Entrances to the shops were through doorways at the east end of the posterns, of which all but the most southerly doorways remain in use. Each shop had a pair of windows, which are now infilled, and access to the upper floors was via spiral staircases made from stone. Exchequergate Arch is the only triple-arched gateway leading into cathedral grounds in the country and possibly the only one in Europe. Although a gatehouse which incorporated small shops was a common feature during the Medieval period, Exchequergate Arch remains the only surviving such example in the UK."
Size: 3782px × 4961px
Location: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Jean Williamson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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