Survey Data

Reg No

31207010


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Cultural, Historical, Social


Original Use

Handball alley


In Use As

Handball alley


Date

1875 - 1885


Coordinates

137759, 299663


Date Recorded

13/12/2010


Date Updated

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Description

Handball alley, built 1880[?]; extant 1895, with cement rendered boundary wall to perimeter. In use, 1944. "Restored", 2003-4. Set in own grounds.

Appraisal

A handball alley erected with the consent (1880) of Major-General Sir John Palmer Brabazon CB (1843-1922) representing an interesting component of the late nineteenth-century built heritage of Swinford.