An exterior view of Bishopthorpe Palace gatehouse, situated west of the palace and seen from the south-west

Date:
1942
Location:
BISHOPTHORPE PALACE, Gatehouse, Bishopthorpe, York
Reference:
AA42/08596
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The gatehouse and adjoining walls were erected by Thomas Atkinson for Archbishop Drummond between 1763 and 1765. It has two storeys and a single bay, with a wide elliptical carriage arch flanked by corner buttresses. Above the arch is a four light window with tracery, and the 1744 clock is under the gable. Crocketed pinnacles are on top of each buttress, and in the centre of the roof is an open turret, added in 1895.

Content

This is part of the Series: WOO02/01 Series Of Negatives Taken For The National Buildings Record; within the Collection: WOO02 George Bernard Wood Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Wood, George Bernard

Keywords

Wall, Clock Tower, Georgian Gatehouse