Group of Three Boundary Posts
GROUP OF THREE BOUNDARY POSTS, SOUTH STOKE LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1232500
- Date first listed:
- 14-Aug-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Group of Three Boundary Posts
- Statutory Address:
- GROUP OF THREE BOUNDARY POSTS, SOUTH STOKE LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1232500
- Date first listed:
- 14-Aug-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Group of Three Boundary Posts
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROUP OF THREE BOUNDARY POSTS, SOUTH STOKE LANE
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:
- GROUP OF THREE BOUNDARY POSTS, SOUTH STOKE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Southstoke
- National Grid Reference:
- ST7479861876
Details
This asset was previously listed twice also at List Entry 1395000. That entry was removed from the List on 20 November 2023.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 November 2023 to enhance it with text from the de-listed entry and to reformat text to current standards.
SOUTH STOKE
ST 76 SW
6/218
SOUTH STOKE ROAD (east side)
Group of Three Boundary Posts
II
Boundary Posts.
(1) Dated 1827 for the Bath Turnpike Trust. Cast iron post, triangular on plan with a half-pyramidal top. Raised lettering reads: 1827/ WIDCOMBE - BATH TURNPIKE TRUST (written up the body of the post) - SOUTH STOKE.
(2) Dated 1912. Cast iron triangular post with half pyramidal top. Raised lettering up the body of the post reads: CITY OF BATH/SOMERSET C.C..
(3) Boundary post, probably dated 1804. Ashlar upright with semi-circular head. Incised lettering reads: P/L AND W/(1804).
History: The earliest of these parish boundary markers, of which many survive, were erected while James Loudon McAdam was engineer to the Bath Turnpike Trust. Across the road is a mid-C20 finger-post (lying outside the City boundary), forming a group reflecting the historical development of road signage.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 407882
- 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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