Former Dock Retaining Walls to Moat Around Jewel House London, England
Listed Building Data
Former Dock Retaining Walls to Moat Around Jewel House has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1266310
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 5 February 1970
- Name
- FORMER DOCK RETAINING WALLS TO MOAT AROUND JEWEL HOUSE
- Location
- FORMER DOCK RETAINING WALLS TO MOAT AROUND JEWEL HOUSE, OLD PALACE YARD SW1
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 30141 79391
- Easting
- 530140.7650
- Northing
- 179391.3290
Description
Quay retaining walls. Medieval, antedating the Jewel Tower. Ashlar faced quay, the remains of a dock serving Westminster Palace uncovered in 1963-64 excavations and now forming a moat to the south, west and north of the Jewel Tower in the garden around it.
Listed Building Description
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TQ 3079 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER OLD PALACE YARD, SW1 101/86 (south side) 5.2.70 Former dock retaining walls to moat around Jewel House G.V. I Quay retaining walls. Medieval, antedating the Jewel Tower. Ashlar faced quay, the remains of a dock serving Westminster Palace uncovered in 1963-64 excavations and now forming a moat to the south, west and north of the Jewel Tower in the garden around it. History of the King's Works, Howard Calvin ed.
Listing NGR: TQ3014179395
