Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 CHURCH STREET
669-1/1/118 Wall to Walden Castle bounding
01/11/72 Church Street and Castle Hill
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STREET
Wall to Walden Castle)

GV II

Boundary wall. Early C19. Approx 2m high, of flint, panelled
between red brick piers, mainly flush. Section to Castle Hill
approx 51m long is internally all of red brick, mixed bond,
mainly headers with fragments of moulded round bricks
interspersed. Half round red brick coping over whole length.
SE corner, site of old gateway has rudimentary flint
infilling. Adjacent curved section rebuilt in red brick, faced
in flint to street. 2 original gateways, at extremities,
square brick piers, stone caps. Church Street section, 74m
long. Gateway to Church Street inset with linking low quadrant
walls. Original spear-topped railings on quadrants, C20
gate-leaves in similar style hang on inner wooden posts. Wall
to E, now internally buttressed with 4 C20 heavy quadrant
piers.

Listing NGR: TL5395938687

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490701

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)