WAXHOUSE GATE

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1103130
Date first listed:
08-May-1950
Statutory Address:
WAXHOUSE GATE, HIGH STREET

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Location

Statutory Address:
WAXHOUSE GATE, HIGH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
St. Albans (District Authority)
National Grid Reference:
TL 14635 07118

Details

HIGH STREET 1. (South Side) 1582 Waxhouse Gate

TL 1407 SE 9/92 8.5.50.

II

2. Originally providing access on the north from the town to the Abbey, the Gate survives as an open passage through the ground floor of No 15 High Street (qv). At each end is an C18 round, stone archway; but the springing stones of earlier pointed arches are visible beneath these. RCHM VCH NMR

Listing NGR: TL1463507118

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
163315
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, The Victoria History of the County of Hertford, (1914)
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

End of official listing

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Date: 29 Oct 2004
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