Reconstruction illustration showing a cut-away view of the Tower Hill Postern at the Tower of London, with inset a preliminary sketch for the final drawing

Date:
circa 1983
Location:
Tower Of London, Tower Hill Postern, Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets, Greater London Authority, EC3N
Reference:
IC102/010
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

Tower Hill Postern was a medieval stone gatehouse of the early construction phases of the Tower of London. It is known to have been in existence in 1190 , but had collapsed by 1440. A similar version of this illustration was reproduced on page 88 of the 1984 Department of the Environment guidebook for the Tower of London.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC102 Tower of London, Greater London; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Ball, Terry

Keywords

Medieval Postern