Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3279 BOROUGH HIGH STREET
636-1/5/104 (East side)
30/09/77 Wall forming north boundary of
public gardens, formerly St George's
Churchyard
(Formerly Listed as:
BOROUGH HIGH STREET
(East side)
Wall to north of Public Gardens
formerly St George's Churchyard)

II

Churchyard wall, now boundary wall to public gardens. C18 with
early C19 and later alterations. Dull red brick, the top 9
courses in London Stocks, with flat stone coping, part
missing. Brick buttresses to north. Runs east-west, forming
northern boundary to public gardens, formerly churchyard.
Approx 4m high. Curved rebate about half way along. To east of
this a pair of later segment-headed openings contain C20
wrought-iron gates. Some small openings, blocked; much
patching and reinforcing with tie rods.
Enamel plaque over entrances inscribed: "This site was
originally the MARSHALSEA PRISON made famous by the late
Charles Dickens in his work Little Dorrit". The wall formed
the southern boundary of the Marshalsea Prison, where
Dickens's father was imprisoned.

Listing NGR: TQ3255479805

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658778

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6