No. 28 Edwin Ridsdale Tate (1862 – 1922) “Fishergate Postern Tower internal roof” 1910
Rare original first edition of Ridsdale Tate’s “Quaint and Historic York: in and around the Old City” (1906).
The Artist:
Edwin Ridsdale Tate was born in York, and then practised as an architect, artist and antiquarian. He designed the Tempest Anderson Hall
FoYW’s note:
This is a sketch of the top floor and roof inside Fishergate Postern Tower.
It is titled “The Roof and Battlements Fishergate Postern”, and states “Sketch made Bcc 1881” and is signed E.R.T. 30.1.05
It shows a very detailed drawing of the top floor stonework, the windows and wooden beams supporting the roof of the tower.
There is also an insert sketch entitled “Head of Doorway to Turret Stairs”.
Interesting things of note in this sketch include –
The hint of houses through the side windows; the stone blocks to half height in the recess behind stairs walls; the depiction of the floor central area – now wooden boards.
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Posted February 2026 AF
