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The Close, SALISBURY, SP1 2ES

South (or Harnham) Gate, exit from Cathedral Close; as seen looking along De Vaux Place. C14, stone, English Heritage-listed, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=319072&mode=adv

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm42268

The Gate abuts #73 West Walk with a benchmarked Image buttress on the right front corner of the house

This 14th century gate is one of four that give access to the cathedral close. It is grade I listed.

Looking from the outside.

Alongside South or Harnham Gate are numbers 72 and 73 The Close. Number 72, nearest the camera, is 17th century, altered in the 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1240553 Number 73 is 17th century and is listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023634 A cathedral was established at the Iron Age hillfort of Old Sarum by the Normans. In 1220 the cathedral was removed to the nearby plain and New Sarum (Salisbury) grew up around it, receiving a city charter in 1227. Located at the confluence of five rivers (Avon, Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne) the city is prone to flooding. Traffic between the ports of Southampton and Bristol, passes around the city's ring-road via the A36 causing much congestion.

De Vaux Place looking towards South or Harnham Gate. Number 73 The Close is to the left of the gate, number 74, South Gate House is to the right. See Image and Image A cathedral was established at the Iron Age hillfort of Old Sarum by the Normans. In 1220 the cathedral was removed to the nearby plain and New Sarum (Salisbury) grew up around it, receiving a city charter in 1227. Located at the confluence of five rivers (Avon, Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne) the city is prone to flooding. Traffic between the ports of Southampton and Bristol, passes around the city's ring-road via the A36 causing much congestion.

The west (inner) front of South or Harnham Gate with South Gate House, number 74 The Close. The gate is 14th century and the wooden gates may be original. South Gate House was rebuilt in the 18th or early 19th century incorporating the earlier building. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1240556 A cathedral was established at the Iron Age hillfort of Old Sarum by the Normans. In 1220 the cathedral was removed to the nearby plain and New Sarum (Salisbury) grew up around it, receiving a city charter in 1227. Located at the confluence of five rivers (Avon, Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne) the city is prone to flooding. Traffic between the ports of Southampton and Bristol, passes around the city's ring-road via the A36 causing much congestion.

Gate at the south east corner of The Close, otherwise known as the Harnham Gate. Dating from the 1470s, it is possible that it was never completed. The associated house on the left was rebuilt in the 18th or early 19th Century. The combined structure is grade I listed - see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1240556?section=official-list-entry.

The southern exit from the cathedral close and, if you are on a bicycle or on foot only, an entrance as well.