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HER Number:MYO1731
Type of record:Monument
Name:YORK CITY WALLS (LENDAL HILL HOUSE TO THE LODGE, MUSEUM GARDENS)

Summary

None recorded

Grid Reference:SE 6000 5199
Map Sheet:SE65SW
Parish:York, City of York, North Yorkshire
Map:Show location on GoogleMaps

Monument Type(s)

  • TOWN WALL (1250-1270, Medieval - 1250 AD to 1270 AD)
  • TOWN WALL (1874, Late 19th Century - 1874 AD to 1874 AD)

Protected Status

  • Listed Building
  • Scheduled Monument
  • Conservation Area

Full description

Defensive wall approximately 45 metres long from Lendal Hill House, Museum Street (qv) to The Lodge, Museum Gardens (qv). 1250-70, partly rebuilt 1874. Magnesian limestone ashlar. Embattled wall from approximately 2 metres to 4 metres high, stepped up slope of rampart. Four buttresses with offsets on inner side and wallwalk approximately 1 metre wide. (An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York: The Defences: HMSO: 1972-: 110).
Listing NGR: SE6001452008

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005


City of York Council, 1991, 1991 City Walls Structural Survey (Unpublished document). SYO2265.

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished document: City of York Council. 1991. 1991 City Walls Structural Survey.

Related records

MYO4662Parent of: YORK CITY WALLS RAMPART (Lendal Tower to Lodge) (Monument)
MYO3631Part of: York City Walls in entirety (Monument)
MYO1715Related to: York City Walls (Baille Hill to Barker Tower) (Monument)
MYO1733Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (BOOTHAM BAR TO MONK BAR) (Monument)
MYO1062Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (LENDAL TOWER) (Monument)
MYO2008Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (MONK BAR TO LAYERTHORPE) (Monument)
MYO1075Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (MULTANGULAR TOWER AND WALL ATTACHED TO SOUTH EAST) (Monument)
MYO1732Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (MULTANGULAR TOWER TO REAR OF 8 STLEONARD'S) (Monument)
MYO1734Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (Red Tower to Fishergate Postern Tower) (Monument)
MYO1714Related to: YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER PLACE TO DAVY TOWER) (Monument)