Piers and Low Wall Around Castle Precinct to South of Castle
PIERS AND LOW WALL AROUND CASTLE PRECINCT TO SOUTH OF CASTLE, CASTLE PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298406
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Piers and Low Wall Around Castle Precinct to South of Castle
- Statutory Address:
- PIERS AND LOW WALL AROUND CASTLE PRECINCT TO SOUTH OF CASTLE, CASTLE PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298406
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Piers and Low Wall Around Castle Precinct to South of Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- PIERS AND LOW WALL AROUND CASTLE PRECINCT TO SOUTH OF CASTLE, CASTLE PARK
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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:
- PIERS AND LOW WALL AROUND CASTLE PRECINCT TO SOUTH OF CASTLE, CASTLE PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 47318 61797
Details
LANCASTER
SD4761NW CASTLE PARK 1685-1/6/60 (North side) Piers and low wall around Castle precinct to south of Castle
GV II
Set of 12 piers and a dwarf wall, originally supporting railings. Early C19. Sandstone ashlar. Octagonal in plan, with a faceted pointed cap above a pronounced string course. Near the centre of the south side a pair of piers originally flanked an iron gate. HISTORY: placed to demarcate the boundary of the Castle Park which was laid out on and near the castle ditch. Not marked on Binns' map of 1821, but clearly shown on the 5 feet to the mile Ordnance Survey map surveyed in 1845. (Ordnance Survey: Map of Lancaster at Five Feet to One Mile: Southampton: 1849-).
Listing NGR: SD4731761798
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383091
- 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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