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HER Number (PRN):00372
Name:Short Length of Sandstone Walling immediately S of the Post Office, Bridgnorth
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:Conservation Area: Bridgnorth
Listed Building (II) 1307616: FRAGMENT OF TOWN WALLS TO WEST OF POSTERN GATE
Listed Building (II) 823-0/1/3: Title not entered

Monument Type(s):

  • WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

A section of sandstone rubble wall, probably part of the outer bailey of the castle, PRN 00371. It is protected by Grade II Listing.

Parish:Bridgnorth, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO79SW
Grid Reference:SO 7159 9300

Related records

00371Related to: Bridgnorth Castle (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA398 - 1976 field observation by Shropshire County Council
  • ESA399 - 1979 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
  • ESA400 - 1960 field observation by the Ordnance Survey

Description

'Fragment of Town Walls to west of Postern Gate' :
Probably C13. A section of sandstone rubble wall, approximately 6yds in length and 15ft high on its west side <1>

Although described as Town Wall in the LB desc, likely to be part castle wall, demolished in 1901 during the building of the Post Office <2a>

A short length of the wall of the outer bailey (of the castle SA371) immediately south of its NW corner (under the present post office buildings). The wall facing has been removed down to present ground level, but work in January 1976 revealed the inner face, made of roughly shaped red sandstone ashlar. No archaeological deposits were damaged by this work. I Burrow FI 1976 <4>


<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards, SMR Card for PRN SA 00372 (Card index). SSA20722.


<01> Department of the Environment (DoE), 1974-Feb-01, 4th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p27 (List of Buildings). SSA599.


<02a> Watkins-Pitchford D W, 1937/ 1938, Collections for a History of Bridgnorth, Salop: a MS by William Hardwicke, p200-201 (Article in serial). SSA1718.


<02> Ordnance Survey, 1979, Ordnance Survey Record Card SO79SW6 (Card index). SSA1708.


<03> Ordnance Survey, 1977, Ordnance Survey Record Card SO79SW7 (Card index). SSA601.


<04> Burrow Ian, 1976, Visit Notes, 1976 (Site visit report). SSA1717.


<05> Burrow Ian, 1976, [Postulated]Town Wall at Post Office, Bridgnorth (Photograph). SSA1716.


<06> Burrow Ian, 1976, [Town] Wall above Railway Street, Bridgnorth (Photograph). SSA1715.

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00372.
[01]SSA599 - List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1974-Feb-01. 4th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 823-0. List volume. p27.
[02]SSA1708 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1979. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO79SW6. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO79SW6.
[02a]SSA1718 - Article in serial: Watkins-Pitchford D W. 1937/ 1938. Collections for a History of Bridgnorth, Salop: a MS by William Hardwicke. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 49. p189-216. p200-201.
[03]SSA601 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1977. Ordnance Survey Record Card SO79SW7. Ordnance Survey record cards. SO79SW7.
[04]SSA1717 - Site visit report: Burrow Ian. 1976. Visit Notes, 1976.
[05]SSA1716 - Photograph: Burrow Ian. 1976. [Postulated]Town Wall at Post Office, Bridgnorth. Colour.
[06]SSA1715 - Photograph: Burrow Ian. 1976. [Town] Wall above Railway Street, Bridgnorth. Black and white. 35mm.
Date Last Edited:Apr 10 2018 11:27AM

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