Bishopsgate Cast

This cast of Bishopsgate is modelled from the etchings prepared for Chamberlain’s “History of London” shortly prior to their demolition in 1760.

This cast is 22cm by 22cm. It is supplied wired up ready for hanging on the wall. Please note that there is a 1-week lead time on these casts as they are made to order, including hand-finishing.

It is available blank or painted.

From Wikipedia:

The gate was first built in the Roman era, probably at the time the wall was first built. The road though the gate, Ermine Street (known at this point as Bishopsgate) was in place long before the wall and the gate.

The gate is traditionally held to be named after Earconwald, a 7th-century Bishop of London (Bishop of the East Saxons). One of the ward's ancient churches, St Ethelburga-the-Virgin within Bishopsgate, is dedicated to Eorconwald's sister, St Ethelburga of Barking, the first Abbess of Barking Abbey.

The Bishop's Gate was rebuilt by the Hansa merchants in 1471 in exchange for steelyard privileges. Its final form was erected in 1735 by the City authorities, but demolished in 1760.