Gates, gate piers, churchyard wall and First World War memorial approximately 15 yards east of Church of St. Michael and All Angels

Gates, gate piers, churchyard wall and First World War memorial approximately 15 yards east of Church of St. Michael and All Angels, St Michael's Square, Penkridge

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1188148
Date first listed:
02-Jan-1986
List Entry Name:
Gates, gate piers, churchyard wall and First World War memorial approximately 15 yards east of Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Statutory Address:
Gates, gate piers, churchyard wall and First World War memorial approximately 15 yards east of Church of St. Michael and All Angels, St Michael's Square, Penkridge
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1188148
Date first listed:
02-Jan-1986
List Entry Name:
Gates, gate piers, churchyard wall and First World War memorial approximately 15 yards east of Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Statutory Address 1:
Gates, gate piers, churchyard wall and First World War memorial approximately 15 yards east of Church of St. Michael and All Angels, St Michael's Square, Penkridge

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
Gates, gate piers, churchyard wall and First World War memorial approximately 15 yards east of Church of St. Michael and All Angels, St Michael's Square, Penkridge

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Staffordshire
District:
South Staffordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Penkridge
National Grid Reference:
SJ 92185 14151

Details

SJ 9214-9314
9/92

PENKRIDGE C.P.
ST. MICHAEL'S SQUARE (west side)
Gates, gate piers, churchyard wall and First World War memorial approximately 15 yards east of Church of St. Michael and All Angels

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II

Gates, gate piers, wall and First World War memorial. Late C19 gates, gate piers and wall, war memorial of c.1919. Ashlar with wrought iron gates.

War memorial: Gothic style; canopied crucifix with crocketed finials on a panelled pedestal and low wrought iron railings in front.

Gates, gate piers and wall: Central paired gates flanked by two smaller gates, all contained within two pairs of gabled piers, the inner ones with octagonal caps; a coped wall extends around the east side of the churchyard. The gates occupy a prominent position on the west side of St. Michael's Square emphasizing the approach to the church.

Listing NGR: SJ9218514151

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, 19 January 2017.

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271741
Legacy System:
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Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27968
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/230355

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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