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Westgate,
once known as the "Hanging Gate", represents a group of
buildings comprising the Hospital, Maste's House, Guildhall
and the Chapel of St. James. The Chapel, which was built
by Thomas Beachamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, is directly over
the original West Gate to the City of Warwick. Only the
wall and foundations of the Chapel survive from 1383. The
Tower was added in 1450. In 1864, buttresses were added
to the south side and the East window was cut into what
had previously been a blank wall. When the Chapel was being
restored the stones of a Norman Arch were discovered under
the floor. This arch was believed to be the Chancel arch
of the original Anglo-Saxon Church built above the Westgate
and first mentioned in 1123. The stones were pieced together
and the arch was re-erected in the garden of the Master's
House...
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