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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526027

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)