Editing Reading Abbey (section)

===Abbey Gateway===
[[File:Reading Abbey Gateway restored 2018-04-15 16.38.31.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|The [[Abbey Gateway, Reading|Abbey Gateway]] as restored in 2018]]
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The Abbey's Inner Gateway, also known as the Abbey Gateway, adjoins [[Reading Crown Court]] and [[Forbury Gardens]]. It is one of only two abbey buildings that have survived intact, and is a [[grade I listed building]]. The Inner Gateway marked the division between the area open to the public and the section accessible only to monks. [[Hugh Faringdon]], the last abbot of Reading was hanged, drawn, and quartered outside the Abbey Gateway in 1539. The gateway survived because it was used as the entrance to the abbots' lodging, which was turned into a royal palace after the Dissolution. In the late 18th century, the gateway was used as part of the [[Reading Ladies' Boarding School]], attended amongst others by the novelist [[Jane Austen]].<ref name=innergateway>{{cite web |title=The Inner Gateway |url=http://readingabbey.org.uk/fora/lesabbey/innergateway.htm |publisher=The Friends of Reading Abbey |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825175435/http://readingabbey.org.uk/fora/lesabbey/innergateway.htm |archive-date=25 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=listed>{{cite web |title=Abbey Gate, Reading |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-38933-abbey-gate-reading |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-date=18 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118194121/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-38933-abbey-gate-reading}}</ref><ref name=abbeygateway>{{cite web |last=Ford |first=David Nash |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/maps/reading_abbey/rdgab13.html |title=The Abbey Gateway |access-date=2 May 2009 |archive-date=7 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207182216/http://www.berkshirehistory.com/maps/reading_abbey/rdgab13.html}}</ref><ref name=aqgate>{{cite web |url=https://www.readingabbeyquarter.org.uk/gate |title=Abbey Gateway |work=readingabbeyquarter.org.uk |date=15 February 2018 |publisher=Reading Borough Council |access-date=31 January 2020 |archive-date=31 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131102720/https://www.readingabbeyquarter.org.uk/gate}}</ref>

The gateway was [[Victorian restoration|heavily restored]] by Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]], after a partial collapse during a storm in 1861. It was extensively restored again after some decorative stonework came loose and fell into the street in 2010, reopening in 2018. The room above the gateway is now used by [[Reading Museum]] as part of its learning programme for local schools, whilst the arch below is available for use by pedestrian and cycle traffic.<ref name=aqgate/>