Monument record MYO4767 - YORK CITY WALLS Site of a postern gate
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SE 5994 5189 (point) |
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Map sheet | SE55SE |
Civil Parish | York, City of York, North Yorkshire |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
NMR: The original Medieval postern gate was enlarged in 1577, but was a single opening 4 feet wide and 9 feet high. Externally the opening was square-headed and internally a flat lintel was supported on two corbel courses. It was replaced in 1840 with a four-centred arch for the Great North of England Railway Company so it could have access to its coal yard. The embrasures above the earlier gate had been covered to form gun loops, but the parapet of 1840 is plain. (1)
The York Town Walls are scheduled. For the designated record please see The National Heritage List for England. (2-3)
The York Town Walls are Listed. (Legacy Listed Building Number 463065). For the designated record please see The National Heritage List for England. (4-5)
1 An inventory of the historical monuments in the City of York. Volume II: the defences 106 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England
2 Scheduled Monument Notification unknown
3 World Wide Web page English Heritage. The National Heritage List for England, <http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1004910> [Accessed 12-Oct-2011]
4 List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest York 14-Jun-1954
5 World Wide Web page English Heritage. 2011. The National Heritage List for England, <http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1259262> [Accessed 12-OCT-2011]
RCHME, 1972, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume II The Defences, p156 (Monograph). SYO63.
NMR, 2019, NMR data (Digital archive). SYO2214.
Sources/Archives (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- Conservation Area Conservation Area 1: Central Historic Core Conservation Area
- Scheduled Monument 1004910: City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Dec 15 2021 2:05PM