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Garden Wall of No 6 Running North from the House to No 5

A Grade II Listed Building in Dorchester, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7137 / 50°42'49"N

Longitude: -2.4408 / 2°26'26"W

OS Eastings: 368973

OS Northings: 90544

OS Grid: SY689905

Mapcode National: GBR PY.RLXJ

Mapcode Global: FRA 57S6.0YH

Plus Code: 9C2VPH75+FM

Entry Name: Garden Wall of No 6 Running North from the House to No 5

Listing Date: 8 May 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1220855

English Heritage Legacy ID: 394533

ID on this website: 101220855

Location: Dorchester, Dorset, DT1

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Dorchester

Built-Up Area: Dorchester

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Dorchester and West Stafford

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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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

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