Waltham Abbey Walls, Including Chapter House Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1971. Historic wall structure.

Waltham Abbey Walls, Including Chapter House Wall

WRENN ID
dusk-barrel-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1971
Type
Historic wall structure
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. Waltham Abbey Walls, including 1767 Chapter House Wall TL 3800 NW 1/1E 3.2.71. II GV

  2. Late C12 or early Cl3, dating from rebuilding period after 1184, raising of Priory to Abbey and before 1242, date of rededication of enlarged church. Rubble, incorporating some flintwork, and red brickwork, some perhaps original. North west section later became part of Abbey House and incorporates brick fireplaces from the time of Sir Edward Denny, died 1399; mullioned and transomed window now blocked. 2 red brick piers in centre of north wall have stone plinths and pyramidal caps. Abbey House demolished 1770.

Church of the Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Abbey Gateway, Midnight Chapel and Harolds Bridge, Walls of Abbey and Chapter House, Garden Wall and the Vicarage form a group.

Listing NGR: TL3819100690

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