Building record 1409000000 - Old Churchyard Revetment Wall

Summary

Eighteenth and nineteenth century and older churchyard wall.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1201377: OLD CHURCHYARD REVETMENT WALL

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Type and Period (1)

  • RETAINING WALL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

Grade II. Revetment wall. C18 and C19, with older origins and C20 repairs. Coursed squared limestone, coursed limestone rubble, some red brick in English garden wall bond and chamfered ironstone coping. Wall borders Mill Lane to east, Manor Street and Church Street to north, and Hunter Street to west, enclosing 3 sides of churchyard. Gateway opposite south end of Church Street near NE corner and to SW corner, at either end of path which crosses churchyard diagonally. Wall varies in height, being highest to west side, where level of Hunter Street is almost 2m below that of churchyard, and lowest to NE corner, where streets are only slightly below level of churchyard. The red brick occurs in southern section of stretch alongside Mill Lane (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC23498 Bibliographic reference: Department of National Heritage (DNH). 1994. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: BOROUGH OF BUCKINGHAM. p46.

Location

Grid reference SP 69385 33634 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2022 7:01PM

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