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9. Leicester (3) The Newarke Houses Museum and the Turret Gateway
Looking down the medieval street through the arched Turret Gateway to The Newarke Houses (chimneys visible on the centre skyline).
The back corner of the Newarke Houses which now house a museum, and a popular tourist attraction in Leicester.
The Newarke Houses are an early renaissance building of the Elizabethan-Jacobean period.
The Newarke Houses Museum entrance.
The Turret Gateway of 1423.
Looking back up the street through the Turret Gateway of 1423 from the Newarke Houses up towards the Church of St Mary de Castro. * Midlands pages updated Jan 16th 2008 * EMAIL Phil Brown * City of Leicester - Images-photographs-pictures-webshots-photos - of 'attractions' ideas for the tourist-visitor © Dr W P Brown * |