Description

CROFT CP CROFT PARK
SO 46 NE

3/27 Gateway and curtain wall

GV II

Gateway and curtain wall. Late C18. Coursed rubble. Wall with central
entrance aligned north/south, returning to east at north end with quadrant
bastion in corner, this stretch of wall terminated by a square tower.
South end returns to south-east and is terminated by a diamond-plan tower.
Main wall is crenellated with two-centred arch of two chamfered orders to
entrance flanked by two loops to each side. Quadrant and return wall to
right have a plain parapet. The tower has a corbelled crenellated parapet
and a cross-loop below. The battered plinth has a roll moulding. Other
tower similarly detailed. Croft Castle is a property in the care of the
National Trust. (BoE, p 109; National Trust Guidebook 1986, pp 13, 38).

Listing NGR: SO4509565610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633033

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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