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| HER Number: | MYO4703 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | St Mary's Precinct St Mary's Tower |
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Summary
Angle tower at the north corner of the precinct of St Mary's Abbey, built 1318-24.
Monument Type(s)
- ANGLE TOWER (built 1318-1324, Medieval - 1318 AD to 1324 AD)
- ANGLE TOWER (Damaged and restored, Mid 17th Century - 1644 AD to 1644 AD)
Protected Status
- Conservation Area
- Listed Building
- Scheduled Monument
Full description
Angle tower at the north corner of the precinct of St Mary's Abbey, built 1318-24 as a circlar tower, 34 feet in diameter and an octagonal interior of two storeys., the original height being over 40 feet. It was partly destroyed in the siege of 1644 and rebuilt. The reconstructed part follows an irregular curve.
NMR sources:
1 An inventory of the historical monuments in the City of York. Volume II: the defences 169 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England
2 List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest City of York, 14-Mar-1997
NMR, 2019, NMR data (Digital archive). SYO2214.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data. |
Related records
| MYO1080 | Part of: ST MARY'S ABBEY REMAINS PRECINCT WALLS (Monument) |
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