Boundary Wall Adjacent To Gazebo At Rear Of Number 51 High Street

The boundary wall adjacent to the gazebo at the rear of Number 51 High Street in Tewkesbury is likely the remains of a former quay wall, dating from the 14th or 15th century, with 18th-century additions. It is constructed from large weathered sandstone blocks and features a short run of steep weathered coping in one section, along with three buttresses. The wall is approximately 1.6 meters high, but has been raised with 18th-century brickwork. It extends for about 16 meters from underneath the front wall of the gazebo to the junction with the western end of Clark's Alley. Tewkesbury did not have a defensive town wall, suggesting that this section of wall served as a boundary to the Avon or Mill Avon waterway.