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Brick Parapet in Blake Gardens Along the Riverbank

A Grade II Listed Building in Bridgwater, Somerset

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Latitude: 51.1271 / 51°7'37"N

Longitude: -3 / 3°0'0"W

OS Eastings: 330114

OS Northings: 136898

OS Grid: ST301368

Mapcode National: GBR M5.99RG

Mapcode Global: VH7DH.YXCV

Plus Code: 9C3R4XGX+RX

Entry Name: Brick Parapet in Blake Gardens Along the Riverbank

Listing Date: 16 December 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1297181

English Heritage Legacy ID: 373821

ID on this website: 101297181

Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6

County: Somerset

District: Sedgemoor

Civil Parish: Bridgwater

Built-Up Area: Bridgwater

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20/06/2012


ST3036
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16/12/74


BRIDGWATER
BINFORD PLACE
(South side)
Brick parapet in Blake Gardens along the riverbank


II


Brick parapet with 2 piers. c1898. English bond brick with stone coping, cornices and panels. The wall, approx 1.5m high and 15m between the piers, has a wide sloping buttress to the centre bearing a plaque. The substantial cuboidal piers, a little higher than the wall, have stone blocks to the top over dentilled cornices and stone sunk panels edged with egg-and-dart moulding. Blake Gardens were purchased from R C Else by the Corporation in 1898. (Somerset: London: 1910-: 139).


Listing NGR: ST3011436898

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