Gatehouse And Walls Adjoining To Bishopthorpe Palace

The gatehouse and walls adjoining Bishopthorpe Palace were built between 1763 and 1765 by Thomas Atkinson for Archbishop Drummond. The structure incorporates a clock from 1744, a turret added in 1895, and underwent re-roofing in 1978. It is constructed from magnesian limestone with brown stone accents, featuring a lead roof and oak gates. The gatehouse has a square plan and is designed in the Gothick style, standing two storeys tall with a single bay. It has angle buttresses with offsets topped by pinnacles. The entrance features a segmental-headed archway with a continuous moulding on the architrave and a coat of arms above, set under an ogee-headed hood-mould. The panelled gates are embellished with Perpendicular style details. On the first floor, there is a four-light window with intersecting tracery beneath a hood-mould. The gable includes the clock, and the structure is topped with an embattled pediment featuring a modillion cornice. The concealed hipped roof is crowned by an open turret with a conical roof and a weathercock. The rear facade mirrors the front, and the embattled walls on either side have four-centred arched openings and buttresses with offsets surmounted by pinnacles.