Description

SE 5847-5947 BISHOPTHORPE BISHOPTHORPE ROAD
(east side)

7/26 Gatehouse and walls
adjoining to Bishopthorpe
Palace

GV II*

Gatehouse and walls adjoining. 1763-5 by Thomas Atkinson for Archbishop
Drummond incorporating clock of 1744 with turret of 1895 and re-roofing of
1978. Magnesian limestone with brown stone, lead roof and oak gates.
Gatehouse square on plan. Gothick style. 2 storeys single bay. Angle
buttresses with off-sets surmounted by pinnacles. Segmental-headed archway
with continuous moulding to architrave and coat of arms at head under ogee-
headed hood-mould. Panelled gates with Perpendicular enrichment. First
floor: 4-light window with intersecting tracery under hood-mould. Clock in
gable. Embattled pediment with modillion cornice. Concealed hipped roof,
surmounted by open turret with conical roof and weathercock. Similar facade
to rear. Embattled walls to either side with 4-centred arched openings and
buttresses with off-sets surmounted by pinnacles. Eric A Gee, Bishopthorpe
Palace. An Architectural History, 1983, pp 40-41.

Listing NGR: SE5963247780

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549228

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide