Wall to the Forecourt of Magistrates Court

WALL TO THE FORECOURT OF MAGISTRATES COURT, CHURCH CLOSE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1388846
Date first listed:
14-Feb-1975
Statutory Address:
WALL TO THE FORECOURT OF MAGISTRATES COURT, CHURCH CLOSE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1388846
Date first listed:
14-Feb-1975
Date of most recent amendment:
15-Nov-1999
Statutory Address 1:
WALL TO THE FORECOURT OF MAGISTRATES COURT, CHURCH CLOSE

Location

Statutory Address:
WALL TO THE FORECOURT OF MAGISTRATES COURT, CHURCH CLOSE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lincolnshire
District:
Boston (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TF 32708 44217

Details

BOSTON

TF3244SE CHURCH CLOSE
716-1/7/10 (North side)
14/02/75 Wall to the forecourt of Magistrates
Court
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH CLOSE
Sessions House. Wall to forecourt of
Sessions House.)

GV II

Wall and railings. 1841-3 by Charles Kirk of Sleaford. Ashlar
and cast-iron. Wall with moulded copings. 9 piers, moulded
with Gothic traceried panels. The end and gate piers are
chamfered squares with crenellated tops. Those flanking the
main entrance are surmounted by heraldic beasts bearing
shields. The intermediate narrower piers are gabled. Cast-iron
screen railings.

Listing NGR: TF3270844217

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Legacy System number:
486307
Legacy System:
LBS

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