Listed Building: TOWN BEAM (412633)

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Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 958-1/17/196
Date assigned 28 May 1974
Date last amended

Description

POOLE SZ0090SE THE QUAY 958-1/17/196 (North side) 28/05/74 Town Beam GV II Town beam wool scales. Medieval, repaired 1947. Timber with iron bar and terminals. Cruciform post and cross bar with diagonal braces and horizontal iron tie with eye holes each end. An historically important survival, the wool trade having been of great importance to the medieval town. (RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 205). Listing NGR: SZ0086090292

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0086 9029 (point)
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unitary Authority (historic) Poole

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2012 11:53AM