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| HER Number: | MSH230 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Forty Steps on the western town wall by Western Esplanade |
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| Grid Reference: | SU 4186 1157 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Summary
Forty Steps, also known as Albion Steps, was built in 1853 to provide a pedestrian route from the western wall down to the road and promenade on the foreshore.
Protected Status
- Listed Building (I) 1340005: TOWN WALLS: SECTION OF WALL RUNNING WEST FROM BARGATE TO ARUNDEL TOWER AND THEN SOUTH TO POINT JUST SOUTH OF CASTLE WATER GATE. IT INCLUDES ARUNDEL TOWER, CATCHCOLD TOWER, GARDEROBE TOWER, THE 40 STEPS, CASTLE WATER GATE & CASTLE VAULT & THE TOWN WALLS
- Scheduled Monument 1001927: Town wall: section from 75 yards (70m) East of Arundel Tower to limit of castle site including Arundel and Catchcold Towers
Other Statuses/Codes: None Recorded
Monument Type(s):
- STEPS (Built, Post Medieval - 1853 AD to 1853 AD)
Full description
Records for the town walls are currently being enhanced and it is intended that further details will be added to this description at a later date. The summary incorporates new information not yet included in this description. (SCC HER 8/12/09)
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[1]: Extract from the Listed Building Description. TOWN WALLS - Section of wall running west from Bargate to Arundel Tower and then south to point just south of Castle Water Gate. It includes Arundel Tower, Catchcold Tower, Garderobe Tower, The 40 Steps, Castle Water Gate and Castle Vault (formerly listed as Section of Town Wall running from the point of junction with the Castle Wall just north of Simnel Street to its eastern termination just west of Bargate). Grade I.
- Mediaeval City Walls. ….. South of Catchcold Tower are the 40 Steps, a series of stone steps built on to the wall in 1850. …. Scheduled as an ancient monument.
[Derived from English Heritage LBS download dated 19/08/2005. Crown Copyright. Reproduced under the terms of the Open Government Licence.]
Sources / Further Reading
| --- | SSH3068 - Unpublished document: Ancient Monument File AM17 - North-west town walls. |
| --- | SSH3124 - Unpublished document: Ancient Monument File AM7 - Catchcold Tower. |
| [1] | SSH2888 - Digital archive: English Heritage. 2005. Listed Buildings System dataset for Southampton. |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Related records
| MSH14 | Child of: Town Defences - town wall, towers and gates |
Associated Links: None recorded
Images
 Catchcold Tower and town wall, Western Esplanade, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |  Catchcold Tower, Forty Steps and west town wall, Western Esplanade, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |
 Forty Steps, town wall and Garderobe Tower, Western Esplanade, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |  Forty Steps and Garderobe Tower from Albion Place, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |
 Arundel Tower, Catchcold Tower and Forty Steps from Forest View, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |  Catchcold Tower and Forty Steps from the Garderobe Tower, Forest View, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |
 Arundel Tower, Catchcold Tower, Forty Steps and town wall, Western Esplanade, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |  Catchcold Tower, Forty Steps and town wall between, Western Esplanade, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |
 Top of Forty Steps and town wall to southwest, Western Esplanade, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |  Catchcold Tower, Garderobe Tower, castle buttress and town wall, Western Esplanade, 21.6.09, © I Peckham |
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