MORE than £6m is to be spent revamping some of Southampton most historic venues - but which ones are set to be spruced up?

Well, quite a lot, according to the city council.

Civic chiefs have earmarked 53 monuments and venues, including the Bargate and Holyrood Church, to get a share of the £6.7m revamp fund.

Details of the work and exact timescales are yet to be confirmed, but a full list has been released.

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The announcement comes as earlier this month Southampton was named as one of eight places in the running for the title of the UK City of Culture 2025.

Full list:

  • Bargate
  • Buttress to the south of Cement Terrace
  • Canute’s Palace
  • Castle Bailey Wall North
  • Castle Bailey Wall South
  • Castle Eastgate
  • Castle Hall and Castle Garderobe
  • Castle Hall South Wall
  • Castle Vault
  • Cellars at 90 and 91 High Street
  • Conduit House and Head
  • Coping stones south of the Garderobe Tower
  • Corn Store Ruin
  • Forty Steps
  • Four medieval wine vaults at 95-98 High Street
  • God’s House Tower and Gate
  • Holy Rood Church
  • King John’s Palace
  • Lankester’s Vault
  • Norman Town House Ruin
  • North section of The Arcades
  • Quilter’s Vault
  • Section of netted wall to west of Castle Way
  • Square Tower at Bugle Street
  • St Denys Priory Arch
  • St Mary’s Churchyard Wall
  • St Michael’s Prison Vault
  • The Undercroft
  • Tower House and Solent House
  • Town wall adjacent to Westgate Hall
  • Town wall between Westgate Hall and South Arcades
  • Town Wall from west of Bargate to South Limit of Castle
  • Town Wall: Bargate Quarter including Polymond Tower
  • Town Wall: from God’s House Tower to Briton Street, including Friary Gate, Round Tower and Friary Garderobe
  • Town wall: Section between Bugle Street and Bugle Tower
  • Town wall: section between Simnel Street and the site of the Bugle Tower excluding the West Gate
  • Town Wall: Section south of East Street
  • Tudor House
  • Vault at 11 St Michael’s SquareCross House
  • Vault at 79 High Street
  • Vault at 86 High Street
  • Vault at 88 High Street
  • Vault at 94 High Street
  • Vault at High Street and Castle Way Corner
  • Vault under St Michael’s Square adjoining Church
  • Vaults at 46 and 48 High Street
  • Watergate
  • Weigh House
  • Weigh House Vault
  • Westgate Hall
  • Westgate Tower
  • William Nicholl Tower
  • Wool House