Description

YORK

SE6051SE CASTLE PRECINCT
1112-1/22/130 Curtain wall
14/06/54
(Formerly Listed as:
CASTLE PRECINCT
Clifford's Tower and portions of the
outer walls of the Castle)

GV I

Part of curtain wall to castle bailey, approximately 85 metres
long, incorporating the South Angle tower and the South-east
tower; now incorporated into Castle Museum buildings (qqv).
c1250; blocked, raised and rebuilt at various dates in C17,
C18 and C19. Magnesian limestone, rebuilt, heightened and
patched in gritstone and rose red brick in English garden wall
bond.
EXTERIOR: wall approximately 7.5 metres high, with flat
coping, raked up towards the Female Prison building (qv); both
towers now 2 stages, South Angle tower three-quarters round on
plan, South-east tower semicircular on plan. Restored rebated
gateway adjacent to Crown Court building (qv) in roll-moulded
2-centred arch with replacement nail studded door. Both towers
have battered bases. On outer side, South Angle tower has
single arrow slit to south-west and pointed gateway to
south-east side; South-east tower has three cruciform slits to
lower stage, and two straight slits to upper stage.
INTERIOR: of towers: in South Angle tower, three shouldered
embrasures, one altered for insertion of pointed doorway. In
South-east tower, lower stage slits in shouldered embrasures,
those in upper stage in chamfered, square arched openings.
Inner side of curtain wall towards the Female Prison, now
forming display windows in the Castle Museum entrance foyer,
contains 7 vaulted niches, converted into lavatories in early
C19.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York:
RCHME: The Defences: HMSO: 1972-: 74-78).

Listing NGR: SE6057751374

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530656

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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