Tower About 10 Metres East of Church of St Bartholomew
TOWER ABOUT 10 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, THE GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1081780
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Tower About 10 Metres East of Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER ABOUT 10 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, THE GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1081780
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Tower About 10 Metres East of Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWER ABOUT 10 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, THE GREEN
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER ABOUT 10 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, THE GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Richards Castle (Hereford)
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 48461 70277
Details
RICHARD'S CASTLE CP THE GREEN SO 47 SE 1/121 Tower about 10 metres east of Church of St Bartholomew
GV I
Detached tower. C14 with some late C19 restoration. Random rubble with some ashlar dressings and pyramidal slate roof of shallow pitch. Square plan with a stepped buttress to south-east angle. Three stages, belfry has a window of two pointed lights under a two-centred head on east, north and south faces. First stage has single-light square-headed window on east and south walls, the latter blocked. Ground stage has similar. square- headed windows in east and south walls. Entrance in west wall has a restored two-centred arch with chamfered jambs. Roof capped by a weathervane with cardinal points marked, and a globe on the base. (RCHM, 3, p 172: BoE, p 275).
Listing NGR: SO4845870277
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 150144
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire III North West, (1934), 275
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, (1963), 275
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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