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Jewel Tower London, England, UK

Also known as the Jewel House and the King's Privy Wardrobe, the Jewel Tower was built in 1364 to hold King Edward III's treasures. It is one of only two surviving buildings of the medieval Palace of Westminster and contains a 14th-century vault.

Jewel Tower
A photograph of the Jewel Tower before it was disentangled from the surrounding later buildings in the early 1960s. Image credit: Leonard Bentley

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

TQ 3079 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER OLD PALACE YARD, SW1 101/11 (south side) The Jewel House (or Tower) 5.2.70 of the Palace of Westminster G.V. I Royal Treasure House or repository forming the south west corner of the former Privy Palace. 1364-66, by Henry Yevele, with windows and parapet renewed 1718-19. Principally stone rubble with Portland stone dressed windows. L plan tower, with north polygonal stair turret. 3 storeys. Entrance in re-entrant angle. Round arched windows in the Hugh May (Windsor) or Vanbrugh manner. Interior has tierceron vaults in basement similar to those of the former Cellarer's Building No. 20 Dean's Yard, Broad Sanctuary, q.v. 1st floor has C.17 brick vaulted strong room with iron door dated 1621. History of the King's Works; Howard Colvin ed. Archaeological Journal, 1964

Listing NGR: TQ3014879387