Retaining Wall About 75 Yards South Of Downton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1987. A C18 Retaining wall.

Retaining Wall About 75 Yards South Of Downton Castle

WRENN ID: watchful-moat-cobweb
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 May 1987
Type: Retaining wall
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SO 47 SW 3/20

DOWNTON CP Retaining wall about 75 yards south of Downton Castle

GV II

Retaining wall. Late C18. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. About ten feet high and about 300 yards long and having pinnacled buttresses with offsets at about ten yard intervals along its length. It begins to the north-east of the south terrace wall (qv) and inscribes an arc with a straight 100 yard stretch running south-west at its south-west end. The retaining wall was designed to make an important structural and aesthetic contribution to the construction of the south terrace.

Listing NGR: SO4451574654

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