Through the Arched Door.....

This rather worn but still striking doorway is late Norman and has been moved from another site, reputedly Holy Trinity Priory on Micklegate, to the base of the tower on Ingram's hospital. It is round-headed and has dog tooth decoration still visible, forming an attractive entrance to the tower and chapel of these alms houses.

Ingram’s Hospital

Built by Sir Arthur Ingram in 1630-2 as an almshouse to house 10 poor widows, money was also provided "for the women to have a new gown every 2 years". The building was damaged during the Civil War siege of York and restored in 1650. The much earlier (Norman) doorway in the middle tower may have come from Holy Trinity Priory, an early example of architectural salvage.

Charles I is thought to have stayed in the building in 1642. More recently it was converted to flats although all the shuttered windows on the ground floor suggest it may currently be empty.