Park Wall and Piers to East of Hobbys Well to Dee Lane and Headlands
PARK WALL AND PIERS TO EAST OF HOBBYS WELL TO DEE LANE AND HEADLANDS, GROSVENOR PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375830
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Park Wall and Piers to East of Hobbys Well to Dee Lane and Headlands
- Statutory Address:
- PARK WALL AND PIERS TO EAST OF HOBBYS WELL TO DEE LANE AND HEADLANDS, GROSVENOR PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375830
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Park Wall and Piers to East of Hobbys Well to Dee Lane and Headlands
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARK WALL AND PIERS TO EAST OF HOBBYS WELL TO DEE LANE AND HEADLANDS, GROSVENOR PARK
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:
- PARK WALL AND PIERS TO EAST OF HOBBYS WELL TO DEE LANE AND HEADLANDS, GROSVENOR PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 41293 66345
Details
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ4166 GROSVENOR PARK 1932-1/6/134 (East side) 10/01/72 Park wall and piers east of Hobby's Well to Dee Lane & Headlands (Formerly Listed as: GROSVENOR PARK Boundary Wall round Grosvenor Park)
GV II
Wall and gate piers to Grosvenor Park from Billy Hobby's Well (qv) east, north along Grosvenor Park Terrace and Dee Lane and west along The Headlands. 1865-67. By John Douglas at the expense of the 2nd Marquis of Westminster. For Chester City Council. Squared snecked sandstone rubble and granite. Plinth and replaced railings from Billy Hobby's Well to south-east gateway which has 2 chamfered piers diminishing to octagonal-section blunt-pointed caps; squared snecked sandstone rubble retaining wall 2m high between south-west gateway and inserted gateway at junction of The Headlands with Dee Lane; similar wall to The Headlands, stepping up with the slope of the alley towards the main park gateway (qv). (Chester City Council and Committee: Park Committee Minutes: 1865-1867: PASSIM; Hubbard E: The Work of John Douglas: London: 1991-: 46-48).
Listing NGR: SJ4129366345
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469809
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hubbard, E, The Work of John Douglas, (2013), 46-48
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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