ARCHWAY 30 YARDS EAST OF THE CASTLE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1168256
Date first listed:: 02-Dec-1971
List Entry Name:: ARCHWAY 30 YARDS EAST OF THE CASTLE
Statutory Address:: ARCHWAY 30 YARDS EAST OF THE CASTLE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1168256
Date first listed:: 02-Dec-1971
List Entry Name:: ARCHWAY 30 YARDS EAST OF THE CASTLE
Statutory Address 1:: ARCHWAY 30 YARDS EAST OF THE CASTLE

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: ARCHWAY 30 YARDS EAST OF THE CASTLE

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

County:: Essex
District:: Colchester (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TL 99910 25317

Details

1. CASTLE PARK 995 ----------- Archway 30 yds east of the Castle TL 9925 SE 5/318

II

2. A classical archway erected by Charles Grey 1747, the remains of a rotunda or garden temple. It is built in a mixture of stone, stone and flint rubble, some Roman tiles and modern brick. The keystone of the archway about 5 ft 5 ins from the ground, is a heavy piece of weathered masonry. The whole archway is about 10 ft high and is surmounted by a rough pediment. The south-west face has been considerably restored and is slightly concave. The north-east face is the front of the archway.

Listing NGR: TL9991025317

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 116868
Legacy System:: LBS

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 15 Essex,

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