Description

WEST WALKS
1.
5L9l
(East Side)
Garden wall of
No 6 running north
from the house to No 5
SY 6890 7/305
II GV
2.
C18 [Possibly dating from the laying out of West Walks between 1702 and 1712].
Red brick with some Portland or Ridgeway hammer-dressed stone. Ramped at either
end.
West Walks, Colliton Walk, and Bowling Alley Walk were laid out and planted
with an avenue of trees between 1702 and 1712. They replaced the remnants
of the former Roman ramparts. Since at very nearly the same time Louis XIV
created the first of the Grands Boulevards in Paris by precisely the same means,
the Dorchester Walks must be regarded as one of the earliest Boulevards in England,
where such things are a rarity at any period.
Nos 1 to 6 (consec),including wall between Nos 5 and 6 form a group.

Listing NGR: SY6897390544

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515298

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)