Bondgate Tower
| Bondgate Tower | |
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Northumberland | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NU18861321 |
| Location: | 55°24’45"N, 1°42’13"W |
| History | |
| Built 1450 | |
| For: | Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland |
| Information | |
Bondgate Tower is a mediæval gatehouse in the walls of Alnwick in Northumberland. It is also known as the Hotspur Tower or the Hotspur Gateway in reference to Sir Henry Percy (commonly known as Harry Hotspur), son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and father of the Second Earl of Northumberland. It is is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled ancient monument.[1][2]
The tower is of stone, with three storeys. It consists of a recessed archway flanked by two polygonal towers. The gatehouse straddles Bondgate (the B6346), the main road of Alnwick. Low traffic can pass through its entrance while tall vehicles must take diversions to get past. A licence was granted in 1434 by Henry V to Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland to wall the town and add battlements.[3] These took fifty years to complete, with Bondgate Tower being finished around 1450.[4][5][6]
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1041513: The Hotspur Gateway or Bondgate Tower (Grade I listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1006597: Bondgate Tower (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northumberland, 1957; 1992 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09638-5page 73
- ↑ "Bondgate Tower, Alnwick, Northumberland | Educational Images | Historic England" (in en). https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/education/educational-images/bondgate-tower-alnwick-7350.
- ↑ "Bondgate Tower, Bondgate Within, Alnwick - Northumberland (UA) | Historic England" (in en). https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/49777.
- ↑ "Bondgate Tower The Hotspur Gate Alnwick Northumberland England English". http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/81/bondgate.htm.