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HER Number:	MSH1113
Type of Record:	Monument
Name:	Town Defences - arcaded town wall north of the Bugle Tower
Grid Reference:	SU 4178 1116
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Summary

A short length of town wall at the south-west corner of the defences, incorporating five arches or arcades. It was probably built after 1377, being the southernmost section of town wall that belongs to the late 14th century construction phase along the western shore. From the early 18th century this length of wall was largely hidden behind Madame Maes’s waterside house and only one arch (the southern one) was then visible. The house was demolished in 1898. In 1903 it was reported that the wall had been breached by the house, and was much rebuilt, only two of the five arches remaining. The other three arches have since been reconstructed. [In the 1454 defence terrier the entire town wall between the Bugle Tower and West Gate is lumped together, however here it is divided into three because of the very different builds present (so MSH1111, MSH1112 and MSH1113).] These arcades now contain a public art installation (2009).

Protected Status

Listed Building (I) 1179282: TOW WALLS: SECTIONS OF WALL RUNNING SOUTH ALONG ESPLANADE FROM SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF SIMNEL STREET TO UNIVERSITY AIR SQUADRON HEADQUARTERS AT SOUTH END OF BUGLE STREET. INCLUDES THE ARCADES, THE WEST GATE, BLUE ANCHOR POSTERN AND BIDDLES GATE
Scheduled Monument 1001928: Town wall: section between Simnel Street and the site of the Bugle Tower excluding the West Gate

Other Statuses/Codes: None Recorded

Monument Type(s):

CURTAIN WALL (Built, Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
TOWN WALL (Built, Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)

Full description

Records for the town defences are currently being enhanced and it is intended that further details will be added to this description at a later date. (SCC HER 8/12/09)
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[1]: Extract from Listed Building Description. TOWN WALLS. Sections of wall running south along Esplanade from south-west corner of Simnel Street to University Air Squadron Headquarters at south end of Bugle Street. Includes The Arcades, The West Gate, Blue Anchor Postern and Biddles Gate. (Also listed as: WESTGATE STREET - The West Gate including portions of Town Walls and arcades adjoining.) Grade I.
- Mediaeval City Wall built of stone rubble about 20 feet in height. It incorporates the Arcade, and arcaded screen wall built against existing Norman merchants houses forming a series of deep arched recesses to give a rampart wall at the top, 19 arches in all….. 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

---	SSH3060 - Unpublished document: Ancient Monument File AM101 - South West Town Wall, Bugle Street to Bugle Tower.
---	SSH3085 - Unpublished document: Ancient Monument File AM33 - West Walls (Town Walls).
---	SSH3157 - Archaeological Report: GL Elliott, MG Garner & E McDonald. 2009. Archaeological Watching Brief at the High Arcades, near the Junction of Western Esplanade and Town Quay Road, Southampton.. SOU 1464.
---	SSH3811 - Archaeological Report: MG Garner & E McDonald. 2009. Interim Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief on Test Pits at the High Arcades, Western Esplanade, Southampton. SOU 1464.
[1]	SSH2888 - Digital archive: English Heritage. 2005. Listed Buildings System dataset for Southampton.

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

ESH1821 - Watching brief at the High Arcades, near junction of Western Esplanade/Town Quay Road (Halation) in 2008 (Ref: SOU 1464)

Related records

MSH14

Child of: Town Defences - town wall, towers and gates

Associated Links: None recorded

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Town wall/?bastion and Arcades south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades and ?bastion south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades and site of Bugle Tower, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades and site of Bugle Tower, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades, site of Bugle Tower and town wall by memorial garden, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
?Bastion and Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	?Bastion and Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
?Bastion and Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade - first arcade (working southwards), 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade - second arcade (working southwards), 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade - third arcade (working southwards), 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade - fourth arcade (working southwards), 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade - fifth arcade (working southwards), 30/8/09, © I Peckham
?Bastion and Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	?Bastion and Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade - detail, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
?Bastion and Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	?Bastion and Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
?Bastion and Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Arcades to south of Westgate, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Arcades to south of Westgate and site of Bugle Tower, Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Site of Bugle Tower, Cuckoo Lane, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Site of Bugle Tower, Cuckoo Lane, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Town wall and Tudor Merchants Hall, Westgate Street/Cuckoo Lane, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, and site of Bugle Tower, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, and site of Bugle Tower, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Inside of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Wall walk of town wall south of Tudor Merchants Hall, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham
Town wall, site of Bugle Tower and memorial garden, Cuckoo Lane/Westgate Street, 30/8/09, © I Peckham	Site of Bugle Tower and line of town wall in memorial garden, Cuckoo Lane/Western Esplanade, 30/8/09, © I Peckham