Description

GLOUCESTER

SO81NW LLANTHONY ROAD 844-1/3/159 (East side) 23/01/52 Llanthony Priory, Remains of Precinct Wall south of Outer Gatehouse (Formerly Listed as: HEMPSTED LANE Remains of Llanthony Priory)

GV I

Precinct wall of Llanthony Priory to the south of the Remains of Outer Gatehouse (qv) on the west side of the outer court. Early C16. Red brick in English bond with patterns in vitrified headers. EXTERIOR: crenellated wall from which the original weathered coping stones have been robbed; about 1m below modern ground level the base of the wall is built above the revetment to the former outer moat; on the outer face, approx 18m south of the gatehouse, three decorative patterns in vitrified brick, the right-hand pattern in the form of a wayside cross, lozenge patterns on left side and chequer patterns to middle. The wall is a very early known example of brickwork in Gloucestershire, and in a regional context of a type more common in the south-east of England.





Listing NGR: SO8228117998

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