Walls of Bailey to Old Wardour Castle
WALLS OF BAILEY TO OLD WARDOUR CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1318789
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Walls of Bailey to Old Wardour Castle
- Statutory Address:
- WALLS OF BAILEY TO OLD WARDOUR CASTLE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1318789
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Walls of Bailey to Old Wardour Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALLS OF BAILEY TO OLD WARDOUR CASTLE
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:
- WALLS OF BAILEY TO OLD WARDOUR CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tisbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 93838 26396
Details
DONHEAD ST. ANDREW WARDOUR PARK ST 92 NW (east side)
4/21 Walls of bailey to Old Wardour Castle
GV II*
Partly in Tisbury C.P. Bailey walls. Remodelled in 1570s for Sir Matthew Arundell by Robert Smythson. Dressed limestone walls about 6 metres or more high, partially enclosing a hexagon with a rectangular extension to the north-east, reflecting the plan of Old Wardour Castle itself. Walls have chamfered plinth and pitched copings, damage to north-west stretches attributed to siege damage during the Civil War. Robert Smythson improved the castle and its setting for the Arundells, shortly after he worked at Longleat for Sir John Thynne. (M. Girouard, Robert Smythson and the Elizabethan Country House, 1972)
Listing NGR: ST9384626398
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 320804
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Girouard, M, Robert Smythson and the Elizabethan Country House, (1972)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 46 Wiltshire,
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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