Walls Enclosing the Churchyard, Church of St Leonard
WALLS ENCLOSING THE CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, HEIGHTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1280265
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Walls Enclosing the Churchyard, Church of St Leonard
- Statutory Address:
- WALLS ENCLOSING THE CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, HEIGHTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1280265
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Walls Enclosing the Churchyard, Church of St Leonard
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALLS ENCLOSING THE CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, HEIGHTON 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:
- WALLS ENCLOSING THE CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, HEIGHTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Lewes (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newhaven
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 45454 02570
Details
NEWHAVEN
TQ4502 HEIGHTON ROAD, Denton 769-1/5/21 (West side) Walls enclosing the churchyard, Church of St Leonard
GV II
Walls, including the wall of former dwelling. Late medieval and C18-C19, repaired C20. Unknapped flint wall with cement coping. Plan: boundary wall of churchyard with Heighton Road, returned along S side of churchyard as embankment wall forming the boundary with the Manor House (qv), surmounted in part by a standing section of wall from an unidentified medieval structure. The latter, about 5m long and 2m high, contains a piece of dressed stone, possibly reset and part of an early C16 window opening. A number of medieval buildings stood in the vicinity of the churchyard and were swept away during the C18. (Horsfield T W: A History of Sussex: 1827-).
Listing NGR: TQ4545402570
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 374205
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Horsfield, TW, A History of Sussex, (1827)
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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