Listed Building: BOUNDARY WALL TO REAR OF NUMBERS 5, 7 AND 9 (412612)

POOLE SZ0090SE THAMES STREET 958-1/17/172 (South West side) 14/06/54 Boundary wall to rear of Nos. 5, 7 and 9 (Formerly Listed as: THAMES STREET (South West side) Town wall forming boundary wall of gardens of Nos 5-9 (odd)) GV II Section of wall. Late C15. Limestone rubble and dressings with brick. Approx 30m long with a 4-centre-arched doorway with chamfered jambs and parapet with a corbelled overhang, and steps up to over the doorway. Brick extension runs E along St Clement's Lane. HISTORICAL NOTE: traditionally thought to have been a section of town wall, built by Richard III, and mentioned in Leland, but more likely to have formed part of a merchant's house. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Newman J: Dorset: London: 1972-: 322; Sutton J: The Story of Poole: Poole: 1988-: 5). Listing NGR: SZ0081290330

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