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City Walls (Remains Of)

A Grade II Listed Building in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset

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Latitude: 51.3801 / 51°22'48"N

Longitude: -2.3583 / 2°21'29"W

OS Eastings: 375161

OS Northings: 164625

OS Grid: ST751646

Mapcode National: GBR 0QH.JKP

Mapcode Global: VH96M.2KMV

Plus Code: 9C3V9JJR+3M

Entry Name: City Walls (Remains Of)

Listing Date: 12 June 1950

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1396232

English Heritage Legacy ID: 511634

ID on this website: 101396232

Location: Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


12/06/50

OLD ORCHARD STREET
City Walls (remains of)

GV
II

Town wall. C4, repaired/rebuilt in medieval times. Coursed squared limestone, battlemented parapet. Four courses X twenty metres survives.
HISTORY: Part of the Roman town wall of Bath, built in stone in C4, rebuilt in Middle Ages and largely demolished in 1760's. This stretch was almost completely demolished in c1959, and present appearance dates from then. This constituted the most considerable remaining section in the city and formerly stood approx 6m. high until its reduction in 1959.
SOURCES: B. Cunliffe, The City of Bath (1986), 171.
Scheduled Monument ref: OCN BA 114

Listing NGR: ST7516164625

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