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Baste Walls

A Grade II Listed Building in Totnes, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.4307 / 50°25'50"N

Longitude: -3.6889 / 3°41'19"W

OS Eastings: 280143

OS Northings: 60351

OS Grid: SX801603

Mapcode National: GBR QM.T60P

Mapcode Global: FRA 375X.6PV

Plus Code: 9C2RC8J6+7C

Entry Name: Baste Walls

Listing Date: 16 March 1978

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1236962

English Heritage Legacy ID: 428008

ID on this website: 101236962

Location: Totnes, South Hams, Devon, TQ9

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: Totnes

Built-Up Area: Totnes

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Totnes St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description



1.
5180 SOUTH STREET
(North Side)
Baste Walls
SX 8060 SW 1/215

II

2.
Late C14 southern circuit of the Totnes Town wall (see Eastgate, High street).
The Baste Wall was extensively repaired in circa 1639. The remains are sited along
the centre of South Street and consist of the outer face of the curtain wall built
of random Devonian limestone rubble. Modern parapet. It extends from opposite
No 3 to a point west of NO 13. There are breaks in the wall for modern steps
opposite Leechwell. Lane and for a ramp by the Civic Hall near the site of the
medieval Shambles Gate. No 10 South Street (qv) may originally have been a defensive
tower on the circuit of the wall, like that possibly at the rear of No 2 High Street
(qv). The siting of the Baste Walls suggests that the northern raised section of
South Street may originally have been a rampart walk.


Listing NGR: SX8014360351

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