Ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel

Ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel, Cliff Parade

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1305591
Date first listed:
06-Jun-1951
Statutory Address:
Ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel, Cliff Parade
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1305591
Date first listed:
06-Jun-1951
Date of most recent amendment:
20-Sept-1984
Statutory Address 1:
Ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel, Cliff Parade

Location

Statutory Address:
Ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel, Cliff Parade

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

County:
Norfolk
District:
King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:
Hunstanton
National Grid Reference:
TF 67595 41965

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 9 September 2021 to remove superfluous amendment details and to reformat the text to current standards

TF 64 SE
1/30

HUNSTANTON
New Hunstanton
CLIFF PARADE
Ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel.

(Formerly listed as St Edmund's Chapel)

6/6/51

II

Ruined church. Medieval. Flint with some dressings. Footings of aisleless nave and chancel, mostly rebuilt in early C20. At south west corner a battered buttress, clunch and chalk lump with stone dressings. Wall with inserted early C20 brick and tiled round headed arch. Site associated in Middle Ages with landing place of King Edmund of East Anglia, later martyred by the Danes. Also traditionally the northern end of the Peddar's Way.

Listing NGR: TF6759541965

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221212
Legacy System:
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