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King Square, Bridgwater

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195:, who sold it the following year to John Anderton, whose descendants continued to clear old buildings and construct new ones. King Square was built between 1807 and 1814, with many of the buildings incorporating stone from the old castle, although further study would be needed to say how much of their cellars and foundations are in situ castle walls. In 2008, during sewer renovation work, a section of the curtain wall of the castle and a tunnel used to transport goods from the port were discovered. 118: 28: 125: 502: 876: 236:
separately. Numbers 10 to 14 are on the east side. Numbers 11 and 12 are on the west side of the square, as is the larger number 24, while 16 and 17 are on the north.
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During the later part of the 17th century John Harvey developed the site of the castle. In 1721 the remains of the castle, the house and the land was sold to
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who developed an industrial centre in the town and demolished the last of the buildings. Much of the site was built on in the 1720s to create the Georgian
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brick with a Roman tile roof. Numbers One to Seven and eight and nine are part of a terrace with similar construction,
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as a seated female, holding a globe in one hand and with the book of knowledge on her lap."
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Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951
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in the mid-1920s. The green figure of the memorial is
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War Memorial
Bridgwater
Somerset
51°07′47″N 3°00′14″W / 51.1296°N 3.0039°W / 51.1296; -3.0039
Listed Building
King Square, Bridgwater is located in Somerset
Bridgwater
Somerset
Georgian
Bridgwater Castle
Bridgwater War Memorial
Bridgwater Castle
Georgian
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Castle Street
Thomas Watts
Bridgwater War Memorial
listed
war memorial
John Angel
allegorical
flemish-bond
listed
"Bridgwater Castle"


ISBN
978-0-86183-278-1
"Bridgwater archaeological survey"

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