Thornton Abbey was an Augustinian house founded as a priory by William Le Gros around 1139. It was raised to an abbey in 1148 and, after the Reformation, became a college of secular priests and a school. The school was suppressed by Edward VI in 1547 and was demolished after 1602.
The gatehouse, on the western side of the abbey grounds, was built for Abbot Thomas Gresham around 1382. It is built of brick with limestone ashlar dressings and decorative details. A barbican of fifteen bays marks the western approach to the gatehouse.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/20 Early Photographic Print Collection: Humberside; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Goulding, Charles
Medieval Barbican, Medieval Gatehouse, Medieval Abbey