Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 SILVER STREET
758-1/2/287 (North East side)
01/07/76 Former town wall extending NW of
Silver Street to rear of 28-34 (not
included)
(Formerly Listed as:
SILVER STREET (BACK HILL)
The Town Wall forming the rear
curtilage of Nos 28-34)

II

Former town wall. Early C12, with later rebuilding. Coursed,
squared limestone rubble. 4-metre section at north end,
probably mid C17 and representing either part of Civil War
defences or communal rebuild after demolition in 1646; at the
south end is a section rebuilt in mid C20 concrete block and
then an approx 16-metre medieval section built on natural
limestone outcrop; at this junction is a former icehouse,
probably C17 and built of coursed and squared blocks; at the
south end of this latter section a later wall is returned at
right angles to the river; the main section of the wall is
continued southwards, and is finished by a length in C18
Flemish bond brick.
(Report by Keystone Historic Building Consultants: 1994-:
25-26).

Listing NGR: ST9348987089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559349

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