Fishergate Postern Tower

En un regard

Le château en bref

Fishergate Postern Tower stands at the south-eastern end of York's medieval walls, at the corner of Piccadilly and Lead Mill Lane, where the city wall once met the River Foss. It closed the stretch of curtain wall running from Fishergate Bar and controlled a postern, a small pedestrian gate opened beside the tower. It is a four-storey rectangular tower of magnesian limestone, built in the early 16th century on the site of an earlier structure. Originally crenellated and designed with a flat roof, it was given in the 17th century the hipped tiled roof that now lends it a silhouette unique among the towers of the walls. The building is one of the few elements of York's defences to retain its complete interior volume, with a spiral staircase, corbelled latrines and a portcullis groove on the postern. It is now run by volunteers from the Friends of York Walls, who open it to the public on occasion.