St Georges Tower, St Georges Chapel Crypt and D Wing Including the Debtors Tower

Heritage listing

Details In the entries for:- NEW ROAD 1. 1485 (South Side) Oxford Castle Crypt SP 5006 SE 7/442 12.1.54. I ------------------------------------------ NEW ROAD 1. 1485 (South Side) Oxford Castle St George's Tower SP 5006 SE 7/443 12.1.54. I ------------------------------------------- NEW ROAD 1. 1485 (South Side) Oxford Castle Well House SP 5006 SE 7/444 12.1.54. I -------------------------------------------- NEW ROAD 1. 1485 (South Side) Oxford Castle Base of round tower under cell-block on South side of Prison SP 5006 SE 7/780 II --------------------------------------------- NEW ROAD 1. 1485 (South Side) Boundary wall of Oxford Castle fronting Paradise Street SP 5006 SE 7/781 SP 5106 SW 8/781 II --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The entries shal be amended to read:- HM PRISON OXFORD NEW ROAD SP 5006 SE 7/10001 St George's Tower, St George's Chapel Crypt and D Wing inc. The Debtor's Tower GV I St.George's Tower Tower. c1071 for Robert d'Oilly to guard the north-west angle of Oxford Castle (qv) bailey and serve as the bell tower to the castle Chapel of St. George. Now forms n.w. angle of Oxford Prison and part of D Wing. Coursed rubble. 4 storeys high, evidence of having been higher originally. Rectangular plan. Slightly receding vertically with offsets. Walls at ground level 9' thick. Later square headed mullioned windows. Ramparts with cruciform arrow slits in round- arched settings. South east stair turret with doorway which would have given access to former curtain wall. Interior has wide arch with imposts, formerly to nave. Ground floor appears to have been in use as a tread mill having wide floor boards worn with two concentric rings. Timber newel stair gives access to floors, most with old timber be

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.