Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8218SE BLACKFRIARS
844-1/11/13 (South side)
12/03/73 Boundary Wall to north-west corner
of Friary Site, Blackfriars
(Formerly Listed as:
LADYBELLEGATE STREET
Wall enclosing No.11)

GV II*

Includes: Boundary Wall to north-west corner of Friary Site,
Blackfriars LADYBELLEGATE STREET.
Boundary wall enclosing the north-west corner of the site of
the former Dominican friary (Blackfriars), on the south side
of Blackfriars and the east side of Ladybellegate Street; now
part of the ancient monument which includes Blackfriars Church
(qv). 1540-45 for Sir Thomas Bell and repaired at various
dates. Reused medieval worked stones and rubble partly laid in
courses, brick repairs; stone weathered copings. In the wall
facing Blackfriars close to the corner a gateway with pointed
arch and an outer, continuous, hollow moulding to the splayed
jambs and arch; a coped parapet above the gateway. 6m to the
east a second arched gateway of brick with a stone inset above
the arch, the stone inscribed "Blackfriars Square".

Listing NGR: SO8294918461

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537684

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)