Ruins of Barbicans and Dam at Leeds Castle
RUINS OF BARBICANS AND DAM AT LEEDS CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1060933
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1985
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF BARBICANS AND DAM AT LEEDS CASTLE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1060933
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1985
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF BARBICANS AND DAM AT LEEDS CASTLE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF BARBICANS AND DAM AT LEEDS CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Broomfield and Kingswood
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 83541 53193
Details
BROOMFIELD Ruins of Barbicans TQ 85 SW and Dam at Leeds 2/1 Castle GV I
Partly in Leeds civil parish. Triple barbican. Ruins of 2 of the island barbicans with incorporated mill survive, with dam to south-east. Probably early-to-mid C13. Mill repaired 1298-9. Stone. Irregular height. Outer barbican: rectangular, aligned north-south, with curved south-west corner, and incorporating ruins of former mill within north-west corner. Connected to dam by stone wall with small arch. Causeway to north. Pointed arched stone bridge with parapet, formerly a drawbridge, linking to inner barbican. Inner barbican: roughly rectangular, parallel to east of outer barbican, with deep room, possibly a guard room, immediately to south of bridge. Linked to larger island of castle to east by stone bridge, formerly a drawbridge, and to broad causeways to south-east and south-west. South end of west wall turns south-west to form one wall of south-west causeway or dam. Various window openings and loop lights. North gateway to outer barbican with depressed-pointed arch and portcullis groove. Inner barbican has similar gateway to bridge between barbicans, and one jamb of gateway to former south-west bridge and causeway. See also Leeds Castle [Item 2/2].
Listing NGR: TQ8184352984
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 174019
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 24 Kent,
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