St Thomas’s Tower

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St Thomas’s Tower is a historic riverside tower within the Tower of London complex, best known for housing the medieval royal watergate often called Traitors’ Gate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building
royal residence
tower
adjacentTo Thames
surface form: River Thames
architecturalStyle medieval
builtDuringReignOf Henry III of England
builtFor Kingdom of England
surface form: English monarchy
category Buildings and structures on the River Thames
Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Royal residences in the United Kingdom
Towers in London
contains medieval royal watergate
country United Kingdom
function gateway from the Thames into the Tower of London
hasAlternativeName St Thomas’s Tower
surface form: St Thomas’s Tower at Traitors’ Gate
hasPart Traitors’ Gate
hasVisitorAccess yes
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
Scheduled Monument
inception 13th century
locatedIn England
London, England
surface form: London

Tower of London
United Kingdom
locatedOn Thames
surface form: River Thames
managedBy Historic Royal Palaces
materialUsed stone
namedAfter St Thomas of Canterbury
surface form: Thomas Becket
notableFor Traitors’ Gate
openToPublic yes
ownedBy the Crown
surface form: The Crown
partOf Tower of London
Tower of London
surface form: Tower of London World Heritage Site

inner ward of the Tower of London
usedFor ceremonial river arrivals
defence
royal accommodation
watergate access

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Tower of London hasPart St Thomas’s Tower
Traitors’ Gate partOf St Thomas’s Tower
St Thomas’s Tower hasAlternativeName St Thomas’s Tower
this entity surface form: St Thomas’s Tower at Traitors’ Gate