Boundary Walls to Tower House
BOUNDARY WALLS TO TOWER HOUSE, ST ANDREW STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383104
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Boundary Walls to Tower House
- Statutory Address:
- BOUNDARY WALLS TO TOWER HOUSE, ST ANDREW STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383104
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Boundary Walls to Tower House
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOUNDARY WALLS TO TOWER HOUSE, ST ANDREW STREET
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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:
- BOUNDARY WALLS TO TOWER HOUSE, ST ANDREW STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wells
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 55200 45962
Details
WELLS
ST5445 ST ANDREW STREET
662-1/7/244 (North side)
Boundary walls to No.2 (Tower House)
GV II
Boundary wall to St Andrew, The Liberty and across the N edge
of the site. Probably on site of boundary of late C14,
possibly incorporating some of that wall. Random stone rubble.
From the left, adjoining Vicars' Close (qv) approx 2.75m high,
without coping, extending approx 10m, and containing a plank
gate with concrete lintel. Then pair of square ashlar
gate-piers approx 400mm square on plinths and to square
capping mould and pyramidal top with late C20 gates approx 3m
wide.
To right the wall approx 2m high, with rounded rendered
capping, swept up over a plank gate under segmental brick
arch, with weathered stone coping, continued right and
returning in a quadrant curve to The Liberty approx 2.75 to 3m
high, again swept up approx 1m and with stone coping opposite
the N end of the house,
Near the right-hand end a further plank door under segmental
brick head. At the right-hand end stops to a square pier
similar to those to the S. The wall continues behind the pier
across the N end of the garden, stopping to the walls at the
rear of Vicars' Close.
Most of the boundary was well established on this corner in
late medieval times. Important in the setting of Tower House
(qv) and in the streetscape at a very important point in the
city.
Listing NGR: ST5519845962
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 483522
- 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.
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