Description

HARTLEPOOL TOWN WALL
NZ 5233
(south side), Headland
8/118 Town Wall and Sandwell
Gate.
31.3.49
- I

Town fortifications/retaining wall, fronting onto Commissioners' Harbour;
early C14. Roughly-dressed and coursed limestone and random rubble
limestone. Between 4m and 6m high; between 2m and 3m thick; approximately
380m long, including Sandwell Gate. Battered buttresses to seaward side;
rampart walk above road level on landward side, behind parapet.
Incorporating late C14 pointed-arched gateway, Sandwell Gate, on seaward
side: arch of 2 chamfered orders, flanked by cut-water-like buttresses
continued up to full height of parapet above string course. Within the arch
a segmental barrel vault with chamfered ribs. Shallow triangular arch to
landward side. Scheduled Ancient Monument No. 24.

Listing NGR: NZ5246133698

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528828

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House