Retaining Wall To Inner Courtyard At Thurland Castle, With Tower Base Adjoining On South-West Side is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Retaining wall and tower base.

Retaining Wall To Inner Courtyard At Thurland Castle, With Tower Base Adjoining On South-West Side

WRENN ID
old-solder-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1985
Type
Retaining wall and tower base
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CANTSFIELD SD 67 SW

5/61 Retaining wall to inner courtyard at Thurland Castle, with tower base adjoining on south-west side.

GV II

Wall, 1880s, with tower base probably C14th, sandstone rubble. Wall has saddle-backed coping. At its northern end there is a doorway with elliptical arch and a flight of stone steps leading down to a lower level. At its south-eastern end it terminates with an octagonal pier. Against its south-western side there is the base of a tower, of rectangular plan with a weathered plinth. Its eastern wall has a chamfered doorway with a chamfered surround on its inner side. Inside the tower is barrel-vaulted.

Listing NGR: SD6104573067

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