This is the one remaining city gate of Bristol. It was rebuilt by Bristol merchant Walter Frampton around 1380 along with the church of St John the Baptist beside it. Frampton’s tomb and effigy can still be seen in the church. On the gate are the figures of Brennus and Belinus, long imagined to be the founders of Bristol. The gate once had churches on either side of it. St John’s remains but the church of St Lawrence has gone along with the city wall itself.
