Rochester City Walls
ROCHESTER CITY WALLS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1086506
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Rochester City Walls
- Statutory Address:
- ROCHESTER CITY WALLS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1086506
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 02-Dec-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Rochester City Walls
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROCHESTER CITY WALLS
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ROCHESTER CITY WALLS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Medway (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 74372 68345
Details
ROCHESTER TQ 7468 NW TQ 7468 SW 7/2A and 9/2B,C,D Rochester City Walls (formerly listed as The Town Walls) 24.10.50 GV I City walls. Mainly C13 and C14, incorporating Roman remains, with later patching and partial rebuilding. The 4 surviving stretches are distinguished on the map as 7/2A (off The Common), 9/2B (off Free School Lane), 9/2C (enclosing City Ditch) and 9/2D (off St Margaret's Street. None have post office addresses. 7/2A runs N/S for about 30 metres and is in a fragmentary state with little facing stone surviving, some parts underpinning later structures. 9/2B is the most impressive and upstanding section incorporating the NE circular bastion (of 2 storeys with 3 lancets to upper stage). The upper courses of the wall attached are largely rebuilt; a short stretch retains coped merlons. 9/2C, rebuilt when the city walls were pushed further out in the Mid C14 retains the SE bastion, much reduced. 9/2D is short and much renewed. Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: TQ7427568816
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 172928
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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