Monument record MYO1715 - York City Walls (Baille Hill to Barker Tower)
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred SE 5997 5154 (641m by 741m) |
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Map sheet | SE55SE |
Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
Civil Parish | York, City of York, North Yorkshire |
Map
Type and Period (32)
- TOWN WALL (1250-1260, Medieval - 1250 AD to 1260 AD)
- TOWN WALL (1330-1340, Medieval - 1330 AD to 1340 AD)
- TOWN WALL (1831-1832, Early C19 - 1831 AD to 1832 AD)
- TOWN WALL (1839, Mid C19 - 1839 AD to 1839 AD)
- TOWN WALL (1845, Mid C19 - 1845 AD to 1845 AD)
- TOWN WALL (1874, Late C19 - 1874 AD to 1874 AD)
- TOWN WALL (1876, Late C19 - 1876 AD to 1876 AD)
- TOWN WALL (1965, C20 - 1965 AD to 1965 AD)
- TOWER (1878, Late C19 - 1878 AD to 1878 AD)
- TOWER (1330-1340, Medieval - 1330 AD to 1340 AD)
- TOWER (1645, Mid C17 - 1645 AD to 1645 AD)
- TOWN GATE (1838, Mid C19 - 1838 AD to 1838 AD)
- TOWN GATE (1864, Mid C19 - 1864 AD to 1864 AD)
- TOWN GATE (1877, Late C19 - 1877 AD to 1877 AD)
- TOWN GATE (Mid C14, Medieval - 1333 AD to 1366 AD)
- GATE (Early C12, Medieval - 1100 AD to 1132 AD)
- BARBICAN (1826, Early C19 - 1826 AD to 1826 AD)
- TOWN GATE (1827, Early C19 - 1827 AD to 1827 AD)
- ARCH (1827, Early C19 - 1827 AD to 1827 AD)
- TOWN GATE (1863, Mid C19 - 1863 AD to 1863 AD)
- TOWN GATE (1952, C20 - 1952 AD to 1952 AD)
- TOWN GATE (1968, C20 - 1968 AD to 1968 AD)
- POSTERN (1840, Mid C19 - 1840 AD to 1840 AD)
- TOWER (Early C14, Medieval - 1300 AD to 1332 AD)
- TOWER (C17, Post Medieval to Late C17 - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
- TOWER (1840, Mid C19 - 1840 AD to 1840 AD)
- TOWER (1970, C20 - 1970 AD to 1970 AD)
- DATE STONE (1836, Mid C19 - 1836 AD to 1836 AD)
- COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT (1727, Early C18 - 1727 AD to 1727 AD)
- PLAQUE (1727, Early C18 - 1727 AD to 1727 AD)
- ARCH BRIDGE (Mid C19 - 1839 AD to 1839 AD)
- ARCH BRIDGE (Mid C19 - 1845 AD to 1845 AD)
Full Description
Includes: Barker Tower and North Street Postern NORTH STREET. Includes: Victoria Bar NUNNERY LANE. Includes: Micklegate Bar MICKLEGATE. Defensive walls, towers, gates and gatehouses between Baile Hill and Barker Tower including Baile Hill Tower, Bitch-daughter Tower and 15 intermediate towers, in addition to the 3 main towers. Walls 1250-60 and 1330-40; major restoration of 1831-32. Walls breached for railway arches in 1839, 1845, 1874 and 1876, latter rebuilt 1965. Baile Hill Tower 1878 when walls adjacent to Skeldergate Bridge (qv) were demolished. Bitch-daughter Tower 1330-40, remodelled 1645. Victoria Bar constructed 1838, foot arches added 1864 and 1877. Micklegate Bar mid C14 incorporating early C12 gate; barbican removed 1826, inner side remodelled by Peter Atkinson jnr. 1827; foot arches 1827 and 1863; figures carved in 1950 by R Ridley; restoration and repairs of 1952 and 1968. North Street Postern rebuilt 1840. Barker Tower early C14, re-roofed in C17, altered 1840, restored 1970. All structures of magnesian limestone ashlar except for walkway partly carried on wall of orange-brown brick and Victoria Bar steps of orange brick with stone treads and cast-iron balustrade and handrail. Barker Tower has plain tiled conical roof with overhanging eaves.
EXTERIOR: wall strengthened by squat weathered buttresses on high bases. Wallwalk paved with stone flags edged with chamfered coping stones; parapet part crenellated, part plain and pierced by musket loops, with sloped coping. Towers are semicircular, rectangular or half-hexagonal, on battered, weathered and double chamfered plinths; some have cruciform slits with or without oillets, some chamfered doorways with shouldered or flat lintels, others no openings; crenellated parapets are unpierced. Baile Hill Tower octagonal on plan; Bitch-daughter Tower irregular circle on plan; Barker Tower circular on plan.
Baile Hill Tower: 2 storeys with embattled parapet. Flight of
steps to wallwalk passes through tower from foot of rampart, through arched doorway with stilted 2-centred head. Other openings are 3 slit lights in chamfered openings and 2 arrow slits with oillets, one blocked.
Victoria Bar: semicircular carriage arch of 2 chamfered orders flanked by single chamfered pedestrian arches. Incised stone above central arch reads: Victoria Bar erected by Public Subscription under the direction of The City Commissioners AD1836 George Hudson Esq Lord Mayor.
Micklegate Bar: 4-storey 3-bay front: outer bays in form of pilaster buttresses with battered bases rising into 2-storey embattled bartizans with cruciform arrow slits. Semicircular carriage arch incorporating portcullis slot, of 2 stepped orders of gritstone voussoirs. First stage has narrow vertical light over arch: in buttresses shoulder-headed doorways originally to barbican walkway, all in chamfered openings. Second stage has similar central light flanked by cruciform arrow slits with oillets. Third floor has two vertical lights. Bartizans joined by embattled parapet over lion's head gargoyle in centre: some merlons pierced by cruciform slits. Heraldry includes carved plaque commemorating restoration of 1727, with shield of arms of Lord Mayor Sir John Lister Kaye; two shields of the Arms of the City of York: the Plantagenet Royal Arms beneath a crested helm. Inner side: carriage arch as on outer side. Each upper storey has two square-headed windows of two pointed lights in chamfered surrounds. Corbel course beneath plain parapet steps up over top floor windows. Shield of Tudor Royal Arms between first floor windows. INTERIOR: portcullis remains are stored on the first floor.
North Street Postern: rebuilt length of wall contains 4-centred carriage arch between pointed side arches of gritstone voussoirs, all chamfered.
Barker Tower: 2 storeys on battered base: conical roof broken by barge- boarded gable with 1-light attic window in quoined opening. Ground floor door beneath outside stairs to first floor has one chamfered jamb with run-out stop. Other openings are vestigial cruciform arrow slits with oillets and two inserted 1-pane windows. First floor doorway has plain lintel. Embrasures of original embattled parapet converted to 1-pane windows by altered roof: two 2x6-pane Yorkshire sashes inserted in C18. INTERIOR: original ground floor openings are splayed with shouldered rere-arches recessed beneath 2-centred arches: 3 survive, 2 altered. (An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York: The Defences: HMSO: 1972-: 90-107).
Listing NGR: SE5968351630
Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005
City of York Council, 1991, 1991 City Walls Structural Survey (Unpublished document). SYO2265.
YAT, 1996, York City Walls , Chainage 492- 587 (Unpublished document). SYO706.
YAT, 2004, York City Walls Chainage 352-400 Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SYO850.
YAT, 2004, York City Walls Chainage 822-906 (Unpublished document). SYO537.
YAT, 2004, York City Walls Chainage 949-1000 Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SYO944.
PLB, 2004, York City Walls Conservation Management Plan (Unpublished document). SYO1733.
PLB, 2004, York City Walls Interpretation and Access (Unpublished document). SYO1734.
YAT, 2009, MICKLEGATE BAR, YORK INTERNAL STAIRCASES REPORT (Unpublished document). SYO1188.
Dr Bill Fawcett, John A Ives and Alison Sinclair, 2013, YORK CENTRAL AUDIT OF HERITAGE ASSETS,NOVEMBER 2013 (Report). SYO1457.
York Archaeological Trust, 2017, York Station and Queen St Bridge DBA (Unpublished document). SYO2053.
Sources/Archives (10)
- --- SYO1188 Unpublished document: YAT. 2009. MICKLEGATE BAR, YORK INTERNAL STAIRCASES REPORT.
- --- SYO1457 Report: Dr Bill Fawcett, John A Ives and Alison Sinclair. 2013. YORK CENTRAL AUDIT OF HERITAGE ASSETS,NOVEMBER 2013.
- --- SYO1733 Unpublished document: PLB. 2004. York City Walls Conservation Management Plan.
- --- SYO1734 Unpublished document: PLB. 2004. York City Walls Interpretation and Access.
- --- SYO2053 Unpublished document: York Archaeological Trust. 2017. York Station and Queen St Bridge DBA.
- --- SYO2265 Unpublished document: City of York Council. 1991. 1991 City Walls Structural Survey.
- --- SYO537 Unpublished document: YAT. 2004. York City Walls Chainage 822-906.
- --- SYO706 Unpublished document: YAT. 1996. York City Walls , Chainage 492- 587.
- --- SYO850 Unpublished document: YAT. 2004. York City Walls Chainage 352-400 Watching Brief.
- --- SYO944 Unpublished document: YAT. 2004. York City Walls Chainage 949-1000 Watching Brief.
Protected Status/Designation
- Area of Archaeological Importance
- Conservation Area Conservation Area 1: Central Historic Core Conservation Area
- Listed Building (I) 463065: BARKER TOWER AND NORTH STREET POSTERN AND CITY WALL FROM BAILE HILL TO BARKER TOWER AND MICKLEGATE BAR AND VICTORIA BAR
- Scheduled Monument 1004910: City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
Related Monuments/Buildings (45)
- Parent of: Railway arches through City Wall (1839 and 1845-6) (Monument) (MYO3827)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Micklegate Bar and Tower 12 (Monument) (MYO4646)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 1 and 2 Chainage 0-100 (Monument) (MYO4629)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 11 and Micklegate Bar (Monument) (MYO4645)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 12 and 13 (Chainage 700-800) (Monument) (MYO4648)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 13 and 14 (Chainage 800-900) (Monument) (MYO4649)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 14 and 16 (Chainage 900-1000) (Monument) (MYO4653)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 16 and 17 (Chainage 1000-1100) (Monument) (MYO4654)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 17 and Barker Tower (Chainage 1100-1300) (Monument) (MYO4656)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 2 and 3 Chainage 100-150 (Monument) (MYO4630)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 3 and 4 Chainage 150-225 (Monument) (MYO4631)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 4 and 5 Chainage 225-275 (Monument) (MYO4634)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 5 and 6 (Monument) (MYO4635)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 6 and 7 (Monument) (MYO4638)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 7 and 8 (Monument) (MYO4639)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 8 and 9 (Chainage 400-500) (Monument) (MYO4642)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALL between Tower 9 and 11 (Chainage 500-600) (Monument) (MYO4643)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS Baile Hill (TOWER 1) (Monument) (MYO4628)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 10) (Monument) (MYO4641)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 11) (Monument) (MYO4644)
- Parent of: York City Walls (Tower 12) (Monument) (MYO4647)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 14) (Monument) (MYO4650)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 15) (Monument) (MYO4651)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 16) (Monument) (MYO4652)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 17) (Monument) (MYO4655)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 4) Chainage 225 (Monument) (MYO4632)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 5) Chainage 275 (Monument) (MYO4633)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 6) (Monument) (MYO4636)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 8) (Monument) (MYO4640)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS RAMPART (Micklegate Bar to Tofts Tower) (Monument) (MYO4659)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS RAMPART (Tower 1 to Victoria Bar) (Monument) (MYO4657)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS RAMPART (Tower 14-17) (Monument) (MYO4660)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS RAMPART (Tower 17 to Barker Tower) (Monument) (MYO4661)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS RAMPART (Victoria Bar to Micklegate Bar) (Monument) (MYO4658)
- Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS VICTORIA BAR (Monument) (MYO4637)
- Part of: York City Walls in entirety (Monument) (MYO3631)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (BOOTHAM BAR TO MONK BAR) (Monument) (MYO1733)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (LENDAL HILL HOUSE TO THE LODGE, MUSEUM GARDENS) (Monument) (MYO1731)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (MONK BAR TO LAYERTHORPE) (Monument) (MYO2008)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (MULTANGULAR TOWER AND WALL ATTACHED TO SOUTH EAST) (Building) (MYO1075)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (MULTANGULAR TOWER TO REAR OF 8 STLEONARD'S) (Monument) (MYO1732)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (Red Tower to Fishergate Postern Tower) (Monument) (MYO1734)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 7 Sadler Tower) (Monument) (MYO4239)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER PLACE TO DAVY TOWER) (Monument) (MYO1714)
- Related to: YORK CITY WALLS VICTORIA BAR (Monument) (MYO4637)
Related Events/Activities (11)
- WATCHING BRIEF: CITY WALL: STATION ROAD (EYO7241)
- BUILDING RECORDING: MICKLEGATE BAR, YORK INTERNAL STAIRCASES REPORT (Ref: YAT 2009/76) (EYO4218)
- WATCHING BRIEF: York City Walls Chainage 300-365 Nunnery Lane (Ref: YORYM 2001. 4433) (EYO528)
- WATCHING BRIEF: York City Walls Chainage 352-400 Watching Brief (Ref: YORYM:2002.469) (EYO645)
- WATCHING BRIEF: York City Walls Chainage 949-1000 Watching Brief (Ref: 1994.P0147) (EYO739)
- OTHER: York City Walls Micklegate Bar Roof Capital Programme 16/17 (EYO6198)
- WATCHING BRIEF: York City Walls Nunnery Lane Watching Brief (Ref: 1992.23) (EYO734)
- WATCHING BRIEF: York City Walls, Chainage 492-587 Watching Brief (Ref: YORYM: 1996.84) (EYO500)
- DBA: York Station and Queen St Bridge (Ref: 2017/105) (EYO6398)
- EVALUATION: York Station Frontage Tofts Tower (Tower 13) (Ref: 2019/52) (EYO6589)
- EVALUATION: York Station Frontage, York (Ref: 2018/116) (EYO7790)
Record last edited
Feb 5 2021 1:15PM