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: BARBICAN TOWER AND BRIDGE OVER THE MOAT AT MICHELHAM PRIORY
List Entry Number: 1191633
Location
BARBICAN TOWER AND BRIDGE OVER THE MOAT AT MICHELHAM PRIORY
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: East Sussex
District: Wealden
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Arlington
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 30-Aug-1966
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 294965
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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
ARLINGTON MILTON HIDE
1.
5208
Barbican Tower and
Bridge over the Moat
TQ 50 NE 18/502A 30.8.66 at Michelham Priory
I
2.
The Priory is surrounded by a moat fed from the river Cuckmere, and at the
centre of the inner side of the north-west quarter of the moat stands the Gateway
or Barbican Tower. C15. Square ashlar building of 3 storeys. Wide carriage
archway with elliptical head on ground floor. Above on first and second floors.
Two windows of 2 tiers of 2 trefoil-headed lights with -stone mullions, transoms
and dripstones with corbel heads, Castellated parapet. Hipped tiled roof.
On the south side is a rectangular projectiong containing a vice staircase
with hipped tiled roof over. On the outer side of the Tower is a stone Bridge
spanning the moat consisting of a round-headed arch and a solid portion on
each side with a parapet over the whole. This dates from the C16.
Listing NGR: TQ5581809382
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Map
National Grid Reference: TQ 55812 09377
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