Wall to the Church of St Mary the Virgin
WALL TO THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1305850
- Date first listed:
- 29-Nov-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Wall to the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- WALL TO THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1305850
- Date first listed:
- 29-Nov-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Wall to the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALL TO THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH STREET
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:
- WALL TO THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 75681 25660
Details
691/5/187 CHURCH STREET 29-NOV-73 BOCKING CHURCH STREET (Northwest side) WALL TO THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
II*
C16 with C17 and later repairs MATERIALS: Flint rubble, patched with brick of various dates.
PLAN: On S and W sides of churchyard
EXTERIOR A C16 flint rubble wall, patched with C17 and later brick. It is embattled and has moulded stone copings. Near the NW end are traces of an opening. The N wall is C17 brick on a flint rubble base.
HISTORY The church of St Mary, Bocking is an important C14 and later wool church that has considerable work of the late C15 and early C16, a campaign of works to which the wall may be related.
SOURCES RCHME Essex I (1916), 33
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The wall to the church of St Mary the Virgin, Braintree, Essex is designated at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * An important survival of a C16 churchyard wall, much restored in the C17 and later.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 113713
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex North West, (1916)
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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