Cut-away reconstruction illustration of the Bloody Tower at the Tower of London

Date:
circa 1982 - circa 1983
Location:
Tower Of London, Bloody Tower, Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets, Greater London Authority, EC3
Reference:
IC102/028
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The Bloody Tower began its life as the watergate of Henry III's castle in the early 1220s, with its footings right on the shoreline of the River Thames. The Bloody Tower was formerly known as the Garden Tower. This illustration was reproduced on page 51 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 Tower