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HER 7958 - FORMER PRIVATE APARTMENTS AT GUILDFORD CASTLE
(North Remains of Private/Royal Apartments. Late 12th century. Flint and clunch rubblestone with ashlar dressings. Two storeys, now roofless with square room adjacent to Museum and wall projecting North-East towards tower keep. Main walls approximately 7 - 8 metres high with spur wall to north east lower. Round-arched window in one wall with deep embrasure, tile-edged round-arched door to left. The apartments are part of a scheduled Ancient Monument, Surrey Monument No. 1. PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.275. M. ALEXANDER: GUILDFORD CASTLE GUIDE (1985) M. ALEXANDER: GUILDFORD AS IT WAS (1978) V.C.H. VOL III (1967 EDN). Listing NGR: SU9972049256
| Record Type | Historic Building |
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| Grid Reference | SU 997 492 |
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| Parish | Guildford |
| District | Guildford, Surrey |
| Evidence Type | Monument Type | Date Range: |
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| EXTANT BUILDING | CASTLE ROYAL PALACE | Medieval 12th Century |
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Ref: Department of the Environment List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Guildford |
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