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: CHESTERTON TOWER
List Entry Number: 1331829
Location
CHESTERTON TOWER, CHAPEL STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Cambridge
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 26-Apr-1950
Date of most recent amendment: 02-Nov-1972
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 47395
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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History
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Details
CHAPEL STREET, CHESTERTON
1.
942 (West Side)
Chesterton Tower.
[(Formerly listed as
"The Abbey" (Building in
Vicarage Garden)].
TL 4659 NW 1/218 26.4.50
I
2.
Mid C14 rectangular building; 2 storeys; stone, some brick; hip gabled
tile roof; with lower storey vaulted in 2 bays with hollow chamfered ribs
and carved bosses; some original windows; old fireplace etc; severe restoration
in 1949 when the old dressed clunch was replaced with Ketton stone. The
roof is modern but with some re-used timbers. The building belonged probably
to the procurator of the abbot of Vercelli and is a rare example of the
home of a foreign appropriator. (RCHM 305).
Listing NGR: TL4629459804
Selected Sources
OtherInventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge, (1959)
Map
National Grid Reference: TL 46294 59804
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