Reconstruction illustration showing an aerial view of St Thomas's Tower and the river approach on the south side of the Tower of London, as it may have appeared at the end of the medieval period

Date:
Oct 1978
Location:
Tower Of London, St Thomas Tower, Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets, Greater London Authority, EC3
Reference:
IC102/024
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

St Thomas's Tower was constructed between 1275 and 1285 as a state entrance to the Tower of London. This illustration was reproduced on page 48 of the 1984 Department of the Envronment 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 Tower, Medieval Water Gate