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
Map
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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
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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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