Outer Gatehouse to Skipton Castle (Public Entrance) Skipton, England

Listed Building Data

Outer Gatehouse to Skipton Castle (Public Entrance) has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1131901
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
28 April 1952
Name
OUTER GATEHOUSE TO SKIPTON CASTLE (PUBLIC ENTRANCE)
Location
OUTER GATEHOUSE TO SKIPTON CASTLE (PUBLIC ENTRANCE), THE BAILEY
Parish
Skipton
District
Craven
County
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
SD 99086 51931
Easting
399085.5250
Northing
451930.7563

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

  1. 5336 THE BAILEY (North Side) Outer gatehouse to Skipton Castle (public entrance) SD 9951 1/2 28.4.52.

I GV

  1. Beginning of C14. 2 massive round towers, castellated, with 2 chimneys and round stair turret, segmental arched entrances, small-paned windows. Upper portion restored mid-C17 with Clifford motto "Desormais" in parapet. In one room is a pretty 'grotto" of shells.

Listing NGR: SD9908651931