Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
5633
Building Number
 
Grade
I  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
23/09/1950  
Date of Amendment
13/07/2005  
Name of Property
Remains of Medieval Town Wall  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Beaumaris  
Town
Beaumaris  
Locality
Beaumaris  
Easting
260426  
Northing
376230  
Street Side
NE  
Location
Behind Nos 40-42 and 38 Church Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Defence  
Period
 

History
The Borough of Beaumaris was created in 1296 but it was not until after the town was taken back from rebels supporting Owain Glyndwr that a protective wall was actively promoted. In 1407 the burgesses were granted £10 toward encircling the town with a bank and ditch, but it was quickly superseded by a town wall, underway by 1414. Sections of wall on the sea front were repaired in the 1530s, but subsequently the town wall appears to have fallen into decay. John Speed's map of 1610 suggests that the only complete section by that time faced the sea and therefore protected the town from its mostly perennial threat. The West or Water Gate at the end of Castle Street was still standing in 1785 and a long section of wall to its N was only taken down on the late C19 when Margaret Street was built. The extant section behind Church Street and Rating Row is the only substantial section of the wall to have survived.  

Exterior
A section of rubble wall approximately 20m long, 3m high, and 1.75m thick. It is broken by an inserted arched entrance to a cottage. The W end abuts the rear of 44 Church Street.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed grade I for its outstanding historic interest as the only surviving substantial section of the medieval town wall. Sceduled Ancient Monument AN123.  

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