West Boundary Wall to Bowes Museum

WEST BOUNDARY WALL TO BOWES MUSEUM, BIRCH ROAD

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1282874
Date first listed:
22-Feb-1973
Statutory Address:
WEST BOUNDARY WALL TO BOWES MUSEUM, BIRCH ROAD
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Date:
2006-09-08
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1282874
Date first listed:
22-Feb-1973
Date of most recent amendment:
28-Nov-1994
Statutory Address 1:
WEST BOUNDARY WALL TO BOWES MUSEUM, BIRCH ROAD
Statutory Address 2:
WEST BOUNDARY WALL TO BOWES MUSEUM, NEWGATE

Location

Statutory Address:
WEST BOUNDARY WALL TO BOWES MUSEUM, BIRCH ROAD
Statutory Address:
WEST BOUNDARY WALL TO BOWES MUSEUM, NEWGATE

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

District:
County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Barnard Castle
National Grid Reference:
NZ 05379 16296

Details

BARNARD CASTLE

NZ0516SW BIRCH ROAD 770-1/6/153 (East side) 22/02/73 West boundary wall to Bowes Museum (Formerly Listed as: NEWGATE (North side) W bdy wall to Bowes Mus, Ent gateway and No.1 Dunelm Court; wall to RC Church)

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Wall along west boundary of Bowes Museum (qv), from north end of west wall of grounds of Catholic church to Crook Lane. c1869. Stone rubble with low gabled coping. Wall approx 2.5m high curves along Birch Road from the north end of the wall to the church, returns eastwards at the junction with the Gateway to Dunelm Court (qv) and continues behind Nos 26 & 28, then returns north behind Dunelm Court, Dunelm Square and the grounds of Barnard Castle Fire Station to Crook Road.

Listing NGR: NZ0537916296

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388632
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