Part Of Boundary Wall At Hm Prison, Namely Approximately 130 Metres Of North East Facing Wall Fronting Sandford Road, And Approximately 50 And 40 Metres Of North West Facing Wall Fronting Springfield Road is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Wall. 1 related planning application.

Part Of Boundary Wall At Hm Prison, Namely Approximately 130 Metres Of North East Facing Wall Fronting Sandford Road, And Approximately 50 And 40 Metres Of North West Facing Wall Fronting Springfield Road

WRENN ID
hidden-courtyard-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Wall
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 5213 SPRINGFIELD ROAD (South Side) Part of boundary wall at HM Prison, namely approximately 130 metres of north-east facing wall fronting Sandford Road, and approximately 50 and 40 metres of north-west facing wall fronting Springfield Road TL 70 NW 7/217

II

  1. Built between 1823-26, the boundary wall survives in part, the central north gatehouse having been rebuilt. The north-west facing wall has 7 stone buttresses with hollow chamfers each side of the entrance. Stone corbel table top course. The north-east and north-west returns having bastions. All the wall is stone faced with rustications and blind, round headed niches in each face, head voussoired. Pilasters on each return with 'arrow-slits', capped with stone string and parapet. North-east facing wall of red brick in Flemish garden wall bond with 18 semi-circular buttresses each with conical top. Conical section to brick coping. Designed by Thomas Hopper.

Listing NGR: TL7164007121

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