List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: GARDEN TERRACE WALL TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF RAMSEY ABBEY, WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF RAMSEY ABBEY SCHOOL

List Entry Number: 1156563

Location

GARDEN TERRACE WALL TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF RAMSEY ABBEY, WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF RAMSEY ABBEY SCHOOL

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: Cambridgeshire
District: Huntingdonshire
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Ramsey

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 08-Jun-1983

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 54422

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List Entry Description

Summary of Building

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Reasons for Designation

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History

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Details

TL 2885-2985 TL 2884-2984 RAMSEY 12/24 14/24 Garden Terrace Wall to the east and south of Ramsey Abbey, within the grounds of Ramsey Abbey School GV II

Stone wall with large panels of pierced balustrades divided by plain ashlar piers with moulded plinth and copings, terminating in stone piers with finials. (Built in 1839 by Blore).

Sources. R.C.H.M. P207 Pevsner P336 Blore Accounts, Camb. U. Lib. John Soane Museum, plans of Ramsey Abbey Draw 46 Set 5 'Ramsey Abbey'. J Wise, W Noble 1881 reprinted 1981 The Victorian Country House, M Girouard.

Listing NGR: TL2927285050

Selected Sources

Books and journals
Girouard, M, The Victorian Country House, (1971)
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire, (1970), 336
Wise, J, Noble, W, Ramsey Abbey, (1981)

Map

National Grid Reference: TL 29272 85050

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