Building record MYO565 - GATEHOUSE AND WALLS ADJOINING TO BISHOPTHORPE PALACE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | SE 5963 4778 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SE54NE |
| Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
| Civil Parish | Bishopthorpe, City of York, North Yorkshire |
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Full Description
Gatehouse and walls adjoining. 1763-5 by Thomas Atkinson for Archbishop Drummond incorporating clock of 1744 with turret of 1895 and re-roofing of 1978. Magnesian limestone with brown stone, lead roof and oak gates. Gatehouse square on plan. Gothick style. 2 storeys single bay. Angle buttresses with off-sets surmounted by pinnacles. Segmental-headed archway with continuous moulding to architrave and coat of arms at head under ogee- headed hood-mould. Panelled gates with Perpendicular enrichment. First floor: 4-light window with intersecting tracery under hood-mould. Clock in gable. Embattled pediment with modillion cornice. Concealed hipped roof, surmounted by open turret with conical roof and weathercock. Similar facade to rear. Embattled walls to either side with 4-centred arched openings and buttresses with off-sets surmounted by pinnacles. Eric A Gee, Bishopthorpe Palace. An Architectural History, 1983, pp 40-41.
Listing NGR: SE5963247780
Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005
NMR Information: no additional description provided
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2019 10:51AM