Cemetery Wall, Railings and Gates
CEMETERY WALL, RAILINGS AND GATES, CHESTERTON LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1205364
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jan-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Cemetery Wall, Railings and Gates
- Statutory Address:
- CEMETERY WALL, RAILINGS AND GATES, CHESTERTON LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1205364
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jan-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Cemetery Wall, Railings and Gates
- Statutory Address 1:
- CEMETERY WALL, RAILINGS AND GATES, CHESTERTON LANE
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.
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:
- CEMETERY WALL, RAILINGS AND GATES, CHESTERTON LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cirencester
- National Grid Reference:
- SP0147201246
Details
CIRENCESTER
SP0101 CHESTERTON LANE
578-1/5/69 (South West side)
30/01/92 Cemetery wall, railings and gates
GV II
Cemetery wall, railings and gates. 1871. By Medland of
Gloucester, built by W Hinton of Cirencester. Limestone ashlar
with cast- and wrought-iron railings and gates. Wall
approximately 0.5m high with weathered coping topped by
railings with spear tops approximately 0.5m high, each section
of railings with 2 uprights with foliated tops, divided into
sections approximately 4m long by 33 stone piers approximately
1.5m high of square section with beaded corners and weathered
caps. Five similar larger piers with recessed quatrefoil
panels and crocketed caps. Main gates set back to centre with
linking quadrants of wall are elaborately decorated with cast
and wrought-iron panels, flanked by two gate piers similar to
larger piers with crocketed finial tops; further pair of gates
of similar design to railings to left end.
(Beecham KJ: History of Cirencester and the Roman City
Corinium: 1887-).
Listing NGR: SP0147201246
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 365209
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Beecham, K J, History of Cirencester and the Roman City of Corinium, (1887)
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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