Listed building outline

Pottergate Tower

Field Value Fact links
Reference 1041444 Facts
Prefix listed-building-outline Facts
Name Pottergate Tower Facts
Dataset Listed building outline no fact link
Organisation Northumberland County Council no fact link
Start date 1952-02-20 no fact link
End date no fact link
Entry date 1952-02-20 Facts
Typology geography no fact link
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Point POINT (-1.710843 55.414945) Facts
Notes POTTERGATE 1. 5330 (West End) Pottergate Tower NU 1813 SW 4/98 NU 1813 NW 3/98 20.2.52. II* 2. Formerly part of the town's defences. Rebuilt 1768 to a design by Mr Henry Bell with a crown spire (removed in 1812). Gothick, with ornament to east. Two stages: archway with barrel vaulted passage of 3 ribs on ground floor; blind tracery panels on 1st floor which has a large ogee window with perpendicular type tracery. Open embattled parapet. Diagonal buttresses with 4 stages of blind cusped arches having crocketted labels; stunted tops. Above archway is a St Michael and Dragon, a blank roundel (formerly with a clock) and a memorial tablet: This tower was rebuilt at the expense of the Borough of Alnwick and the new foundation laid April 28 AD. 1768. John Grey Senior, William Hindmarsh, Robert Richardson, Edward Bell, Chamberlain. To the north and south are fragments possibly of the old town walls. North, south and west fronts plainer with occasional arrow slit. Staircase in north-west corner. , Facts
Listed building 1041444 Facts

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