Latitude: 53.7446 / 53°44'40"N
Longitude: -0.8668 / 0°52'0"W
OS Eastings: 474831
OS Northings: 428177
OS Grid: SE748281
Mapcode National: GBR QTD4.4D
Mapcode Global: WHFDC.N4FN
Plus Code: 9C5XP4VM+R7
Entry Name: The Langley Archway
Listing Date: 16 December 1966
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1083182
English Heritage Legacy ID: 165307
ID on this website: 101083182
Location: Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, DN14
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Civil Parish: Howden
Built-Up Area: Howden
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Riding of Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Howden with Barmby on the Marsh
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Architectural structure
HOWDEN BISHOP'S MANOR PARK SE 7428 12/79 The Langley Archway 16.12.66
GV II* Archway. Early C15. Built for Bishop Langley, Bishop of Durham 1406-37. Brick in English bond with ashlar dressings. 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Large flat 4-centred arch of 2 hollow-moulded orders set on jambs with broad chamfer to north, set in square-headed frame with stepped string course over. Central angel above bears arms of Canon Langley and is flanked by 2 trefoil-cusped single-light windows. Fragmentary coved course above. To south: brick returns flank archway. At first-floor level the wall can be seen to be approximately 2 feet thick and there is a deep splay to the windows. Between them a brick built arched cupboard has been let into the wall. Gateway to Bishop's Manor complex. Neave D, Howden Explored, 1979. Pevsner N, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, 1972.
Listing NGR: SE7482828176
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