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The Cage or Lockup

A Grade II Listed Building in Buntingford, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9484 / 51°56'54"N

Longitude: -0.0177 / 0°1'3"W

OS Eastings: 536339

OS Northings: 229623

OS Grid: TL363296

Mapcode National: GBR K8W.VRD

Mapcode Global: VHGNX.N916

Plus Code: 9C3XWXXJ+9W

Entry Name: The Cage or Lockup

Listing Date: 12 January 1977

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1347993

English Heritage Legacy ID: 159739

ID on this website: 101347993

Location: Newtown, East Hertfordshire, SG9

County: Hertfordshire

District: East Hertfordshire

Civil Parish: Buntingford

Built-Up Area: Buntingford

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Layston with Buntingford

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


TL 3629
7/79

BUNTINGFORD
CHURCH STREET (south side)
The Cage or Lockup

12.1.77

GV
II

Town lockup. Early C18, walltop and roof renewed in mid C19.
Red brick in English-bond, top of wall in Flemish-bond with
toothed corbelled top, dark weatherboarding to gable triangles,
and boarded roof covered in sheet iron. A small square building
near the bridge over the River Rib, about 3m x 3m, orientated N-S
with central door on S. Recessed battened and framed door with
decorative iron hinges hung on iron pins from heavy frame under
timber lintol. Shaped ends to wallplates and purlins projecting
at each end. Of special historic interest as a local antiquity.
(VCH (1914) 79).


Listing NGR: TL3633929623

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