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| HER Number: | MYO4686 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | YORK CITY WALLS Tower 34 |
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Summary
Layerthorpe Tower. It set on an angle with straight sides to the west and north and a curved face on the east and southeast. It is unusual in being without a solid base, rather veing supported on two buttresses, and between them to the east, a pointed arch of five orders. This arrangement may nave been due to soft ground near the River Foss. The curved part may have been a later alteration since Archer's plan of 1682 shows the tower as square in plan.
Monument Type(s)
- ANGLE TOWER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ANGLE TOWER (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD)
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Conservation Area
- Scheduled Monument
Full description
RCHME, 1972, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume II The Defences, p137 (Monograph). SYO63.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: RCHME. 1972. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Volume II The Defences. p137. |
Related records
| MYO2008 | Part of: YORK CITY WALLS (MONK BAR TO LAYERTHORPE) (Monument) |
| MYO3631 | Part of: York City Walls in entirety (Monument) |
| MYO4687 | Related to: YORK CITY WALLS Rampart Monk Bar to Tower 34 (Monument) |
| MYO4684 | Related to: YORK CITY WALLS between Tower 32 and Tower 34 (Chainage 2500-2600) (Monument) |
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