Town Wall, With Morden, Heber and Ever Towers
TOWN WALL, WITH MORDEN, HEBER AND EVER TOWERS, STOWELL STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1355301
- Date first listed:
- 17-Dec-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Town Wall, With Morden, Heber and Ever Towers
- Statutory Address:
- TOWN WALL, WITH MORDEN, HEBER AND EVER TOWERS, STOWELL STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2003-04-18
- Reference:
- IOE01/10377/31
- Rights:
- © Mr Bob Cottrell. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1355301
- Date first listed:
- 17-Dec-1971
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Town Wall, With Morden, Heber and Ever Towers
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWN WALL, WITH MORDEN, HEBER AND EVER TOWERS, STOWELL 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:
- TOWN WALL, WITH MORDEN, HEBER AND EVER TOWERS, STOWELL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 24400 64280
Details
NZ 2464 SW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE STOWELL STREET (west side off) 19/535 17.12.71 Town Wall, with Morden, Heber and Ever Towers. (Formerly listed as City Wall) GV I Town wall and towers. Late C13. Large sandstone blocks; Morden tower partly brick with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roof. High wall, some sections with walk and steeply-coped parapet; corbelled turrets at intervals; blocked postern door formerly allowed Dominicans access to their land outside the wall. Ever Tower at north largely demolished 1908-10, but lower courses show deep splays to window slits; granted to Company of Paviors, Colliers and Carriers in C19. Towers semi-circular. Morden tower partly rebuilt c.1700 by Company of Glaziers, Plumbers and Pewterers: 2 storeys, 2 windows; architraves to central door and 2 first-floor cross windows with moulded sills; stone corbels support first floor which has quoins and cornice with ashlar-coped parapet. Hipped roof. Eroded first-floor panel records alterations. Heber Tower has C20 grilles over 2-centred-arched doorway and square opening above; restored 1770-71 by Company of Armourers, Curriers and Feltmakers. A scheduled ancient monument.
Listing NGR: NZ2440064280
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 304883
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 11:28:20.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.