Monument Type(s):

• CURTAIN WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
• WALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1901 AD)

Summary

A length of walling down Castle Terrace and Bank Street, Bridgnorth, the first phase of which represents a short section of the curtain wall of Bridgnorth Castle. Substantial repairs, additions and alterations have taken place in the 18th-20th centuries.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA7103 - 2013 Building survey and DBA of Castle Terrace wall and Bank Street wall, Bridgnorth (The Habit, 30 - 32 East Castle Street) by SLR Consulting

Description

A length of walling down Castle Terrace and Bank Street, Bridgnorth, the first phase of which represents a short section of the curtain wall of Bridgnorth Castle. Substantial repairs, additions and alterations have taken place in the 18th-20th centuries. A programme of survey and recording was carried out in December 2013. ->

-> The Castle Terrace wall section measures c. 13m in length and stands around 4.6m in height. It comprises mainly of unfrogged brick types that sit on a stone plinth (once forming a complete wall section). Identified within this wall section were ten construction phases, the earliest probably dating to the late medieval/early post-medieval period and comprising stone rubble coursing and forming the north-eastern section of a curtain wall belonging to Bridgnorth Castle (Phase 1). Laid onto this phase was a further nine construction phases, dating to the 18th-20th centuries (Phases 2-10) including a number of rebuilding phases (e.g. Phase 3) and a phase that involved raising the height of the wall. ->

-> The wall section in Bank Street extends c. 12m in length and abuts the eastern elevation of No. 5 Bank Street. The earliest phase within this wall section (Phase 2) is identical to brickwork located on the Castle Terrace wall section (and is physically connected). The western section of the wall is constructed of a 20th century frogged rustic-type brick (Phase 11). This phase, the latest in the brick sequencing, probably represents a recent blocked-in entrance or a complete rebuild of this section of the wall. A clear vertical line exists between this wall section and the earlier wall phasing (Phases 2 and 7). The rustic brickwork sits on top of the earlier Phase 2 brick coursing. Along the entire Bank Street wall section, both the earlier and modern brickwork has been finished with mounded curvilinear brick capping, using conventional terracotta red brick sets and blue engineering brick (Phases 12 and 13). <1>

<01> Malim T & Nash G, 2013, Land to the Rear of The Habit, 30 - 32 East Castle Street, Bridgnorth: Heritage Statement (Deskbased survey report). SSA24749.

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