Wall About 20 Yards South East of the Abbey
WALL ABOUT 20 YARDS SOUTH EAST OF THE ABBEY, ABBEY LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1331452
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Wall About 20 Yards South East of the Abbey
- Statutory Address:
- WALL ABOUT 20 YARDS SOUTH EAST OF THE ABBEY, ABBEY LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1331452
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Wall About 20 Yards South East of the Abbey
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALL ABOUT 20 YARDS SOUTH EAST OF THE ABBEY, ABBEY LANE
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 ABOUT 20 YARDS SOUTH EAST OF THE ABBEY, ABBEY LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- East Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Swaffham Bulbeck
- National Grid Reference:
- TL5590363468
Details
TL 5563
14/201
1.12.1951
SWAFFHAM BULBECK
ABBEY LANE
Wall about 20 yards South East of the Abbey
(formerly listed as portion of walling to south of The Priory)
GV
II
Wall possibly medieval but more probably C18 or C19 re-using
material from the Abbey. Flint plinth with clunch and limestone
rubble. On the North West are the sites for the joists of the
flooring. One end has the chamfered jamb and broach stop of a
large doorway opening.
H H Brindley, C.A.S. Proceedings XXXI (1931).
R.C.H.M. (North East Cambs.), p101, mon. (2)
Listing NGR: TL5590363468
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 49414
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Vol. 31, (1931)
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Cambridgeshire North East, (1972)
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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