The Turret Gateway, also known as Prince Rupert's Gateway, Leicester
A few steps from Leicester Castle stands one of the city's most intriguing historic buildings and one of its least well-known. Prince Rupert's Gate gives access to Castle View, the cobbled road linking the castle yard with its 12th century great hall to The Newarke. The name may give the wrong impression; though the gateway is named for King Charles I's cousin and military leader, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, it dates to several centuries before the Civil War and Rupert's role in the bloody siege of Leicester. The gateway may more properly be called the Turret Gateway and was built in 1422-3 to control access to the castle's inner bailey from The Newarke at the southern end of the castle precinct. The Newarke (or 'New Work') was a stone wall enclosing the outer bailey. The wall was built around 1330 by Henry, Earl of Lancaster. There was once a two-storey house on top of the gateway. The house was badly damaged during the Civil War siege, and more seriously damaged during election riots in 1773 and 1787.
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