Churchyard Retaining Wall and Gateway South of St Levans Church
CHURCHYARD RETAINING WALL AND GATEWAY SOUTH OF ST LEVANS CHURCH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246628
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Churchyard Retaining Wall and Gateway South of St Levans Church
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCHYARD RETAINING WALL AND GATEWAY SOUTH OF ST LEVANS CHURCH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246628
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Churchyard Retaining Wall and Gateway South of St Levans Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCHYARD RETAINING WALL AND GATEWAY SOUTH OF ST LEVANS CHURCH
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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.
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:
- CHURCHYARD RETAINING WALL AND GATEWAY SOUTH OF ST LEVANS CHURCH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Austell Bay
- National Grid Reference:
- SX0290150516
Details
ST AUSTELL
SX05SW HIGHER PORTHPEAN
868/9/10158 Churchyard retaining wall and gateways
29-JAN-01 south of Church of St Levan
GV II
Churchyard wall and gateway. 1884-5; by J. Reeves. Coursed stone wall with ashlar gate-piers. Retaining wall for churchyard and church built high above road on south side. Sloping site with arch from road to steps up to vestry above. At west end , where road is level with churchyard, there is a gateway with ashlar piers with large pyramidal caps, and a wrought-iron overthrow and lamp added in circa 1897. Late C20 wooden gate.
SOURCE: Woodhouse, H. Porthpean Church and Village [1999], p.12.
Listing NGR: SX0290150516
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 487051
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Woodhouse, H, Porthpean Church and Village, (1999), 12
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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