Boundary Wall to West of HM Young Offenders Institution
BOUNDARY WALL TO WEST OF HM YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION, GROVE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1206536
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Boundary Wall to West of HM Young Offenders Institution
- Statutory Address:
- BOUNDARY WALL TO WEST OF HM YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION, GROVE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1206536
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Boundary Wall to West of HM Young Offenders Institution
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOUNDARY WALL TO WEST OF HM YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION, GROVE ROAD
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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:
- BOUNDARY WALL TO WEST OF HM YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION, GROVE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Portland
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 70139 72291
Details
VORTLAND
SY67SW GROVE ROAD, Grove 969-1/1/141 (East side) Boundary wall to W of HM Young Offenders Institution
GV II
Boundary wall. 1848. Squared dressed Portland block. Very lofty enclosing wall with series of raised sections, runs from north to south for 26 bays divided by flat pilasters, and returns towards Gatehouse (qv) with 2 further bays, total length c 520m. Rises c 7m, and c9m in raised sections. With the boundary wall to the north of Grove Road (qv), and the walls to the Church and School group (qv), this is a significant visual element of this street.
Listing NGR: SY7013972291
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 382084
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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