Churchyard Wall Including Lych Gate And Stiles To South West Of Church Of Holy Trinity

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX7466 CHURCH HILL 1011-1/7/2 (North side) Churchyard wall including lych gate and stiles to SW of Church of Holy Trinity

GV II

Churchyard walls to S and SW side of churchyard including a lychgate and 2 stiles. Walls probably medieval; stiles C19, lych gate early C19 in origin, restored 1971 according to a plaque. Local grey slatestone rubble; lych gate with slate roof and timber gates. Plan: the walls bound the churchyard on the S and SW sides. The S stile is connected to a steep path up from the town which begins as a long flight of steps (qv Station Road). Lych gate to the SW, fronting the road access from the town with a second stile to its E. The rubble walls are topped by a Devon hedgebank. The stiles each have large, irregular rounded standards with a single slab of slatestone between. Unusual lych gate design. 2 widely-spaced square section piers at either end are surmounted with pyramidal finials. Slate roof between, with a plastered soffit. A pair of gates in the centre are hung off moulded timber posts which extend to the roof of the lych gate. Pedestrian gate to the left; section of fencing to the right. The gates and fencing are of simple design with plain splat verticals with a slender central ledge, the main standards with shaped finials. Included for group value with the Church of Holy Trinity (qv), which is sited on a hilltop above the town.

Listing NGR: SX7418566534

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0746 IOE Records taken by Christopher Fransella; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Christopher Fransella. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project