Piers, Gates, Lantern and Boundary Walls Surrounding Churchyard of St John the Baptist
PIERS, GATES, LANTERN AND BOUNDARY WALLS SURROUNDING CHURCHYARD OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATION ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1105771
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Piers, Gates, Lantern and Boundary Walls Surrounding Churchyard of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- PIERS, GATES, LANTERN AND BOUNDARY WALLS SURROUNDING CHURCHYARD OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATION ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1105771
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Piers, Gates, Lantern and Boundary Walls Surrounding Churchyard of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- PIERS, GATES, LANTERN AND BOUNDARY WALLS SURROUNDING CHURCHYARD OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATION ROAD
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PIERS, GATES, LANTERN AND BOUNDARY WALLS SURROUNDING CHURCHYARD OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATION ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- West Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Horrabridge
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 51283 69634
Details
HORRABRIDGE STATION ROAD, Horrabridge
SX 56 NW
10/13
- Piers, gates lantern and boundary
GV walls surrounding churchyard of
St John the Baptist
II
Piers, gates lantern and boundary walls. Late C19. Slatestone rubble, granite
dressings and piers, wrought iron gates and lantern. Walls about 2 metres high and
stepped down, extending about 33 metres to north with buttresses at upper level,
granite chamfered copings, swept up to south and extending about 3 metres, returned
and extending about 25 metres to east at height of about 1 metre. Pair of square
granite ashlar piers to south west with chamfered tops, wrought iron gates with
scrolled curved tops, pier to left has wrought iron lantern on quadripartite wrought
iron base, spherical lantern with cross finial. At north west corner, wall stepped
back around war memorial cross of 1918 in granite, and continued east for about 14
metres, to similar pair of piers with wrought iron gates of plainer design, wall
continued to east for about 12 metres further.
Listing NGR: SX5128369634
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 21 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 93909
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2933
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/220437
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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