Description

BAKEWELL

SK2168 CASTLE STREET
831-1/4/76 (East side)
20/05/74 Perimeter wall to gardens at ends
and rear of Nos.1-6 (consecutive)
(Formerly Listed as:
CASTLE STREET
(East side)
End and rear Garden Wall of Nos.1-6
(consec))

GV II

Garden walls. Early-mid C19. Limestone rubble with sandstone
dressings. Rectangular wall of approximately 1.75m and more in
height which lines Castle Street and returns to enclose the
gardens to Nos 1-6, Castle Street (qv); the rear section lines
the bank of the River Wye.
Walls facing Castle Street: triangular copings; the wall steps
up near each end of the terrace to allow for doorways with
moulded Tudor-arched surrounds.
The rear section of wall increases in height towards the south
and is pierced by several triangular-headed gateways one of
which has been widened.
The wall forms an important townscape feature at the approach
to the town via Bakewell Bridge (qv).

Listing NGR: SK2191068699

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538362

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