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Listed Building: VILLAGE LOCK-UP AND POUND (1334852)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 1194, 2, 106
Date assigned 10 November 1967
Date last amended

Description

Village lock-up and pound. 1660, rebuilt in late C18. Sandstone ashlar with sandstone dressings and pyramidal plain tile roof, plus eaves band. Small square lock-up building about 12 feet high with plank door to west face and two small windows to south face, one above the other. Attached to south side is a tall ashlar wall with rounded copings which curves round to east forming a pound. Over the door is a plaque inscribed 'Erected as a village lock-up and pound for the imprisonment of stray animals about the year '1660 AD'. This is also an Ancient Monument. Listing NGR: SK4794237077

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Location

Grid reference SK 47942 37077 (point)
Map sheet SK43NE
Civil Parish SANDIACRE, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 22 2007 11:53AM

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