Jewel Tower London, England
Listed Building Data
Jewel Tower 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1225529
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 5 February 1970
- Name
- THE JEWEL HOUSE (OR TOWER) OF THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
- Location
- THE JEWEL HOUSE (OR TOWER) OF THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, OLD PALACE YARD SW1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 30148 79387
- Easting
- 530148.0000
- Northing
- 179387.0000
Listed Building Description
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
