The Langley Archway is a Grade II* listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1966. A Medieval Archway.
The Langley Archway
- WRENN ID
- secret-cellar-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1966
- Type
- Archway
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HOWDEN BISHOP'S MANOR PARK SE 7428 12/79 The Langley Archway 16.12.66
GV II* Archway. Early C15. Built for Bishop Langley, Bishop of Durham 1406-37. Brick in English bond with ashlar dressings. 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Large flat 4-centred arch of 2 hollow-moulded orders set on jambs with broad chamfer to north, set in square-headed frame with stepped string course over. Central angel above bears arms of Canon Langley and is flanked by 2 trefoil-cusped single-light windows. Fragmentary coved course above. To south: brick returns flank archway. At first-floor level the wall can be seen to be approximately 2 feet thick and there is a deep splay to the windows. Between them a brick built arched cupboard has been let into the wall. Gateway to Bishop's Manor complex. Neave D, Howden Explored, 1979. Pevsner N, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, 1972.
Listing NGR: SE7482828176
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