Gates, Gate Piers and Walls to St Mary's Churchyard, Including Proclamation Steps
GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS TO ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, INCLUDING PROCLAMATION STEPS, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247111
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Gates, Gate Piers and Walls to St Mary's Churchyard, Including Proclamation Steps
- Statutory Address:
- GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS TO ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, INCLUDING PROCLAMATION STEPS, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247111
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1976
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-Dec-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Gates, Gate Piers and Walls to St Mary's Churchyard, Including Proclamation Steps
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS TO ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, INCLUDING PROCLAMATION STEPS, CHURCH STREET
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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.
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:
- GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS TO ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, INCLUDING PROCLAMATION STEPS, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Calne
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 99913 70930
Details
CALNE
ST9970 CHURCH STREET 755-1/5/42 (East side) 08/07/76 Gates, gate piers and walls to St Mary's Churchyard, incl Proclamation Steps (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (East side) North Gate to Churchyard of St Mary's) (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (East side) West gate to Churchyard of St Mary's)
GV II
Gates, gate piers and walls to churchyard. Mostly mid C19 with some earlier fabric. Limestone ashlar gate piers, quoins to intermittent piers and capping to walls, rubblestone to the rest. Pairs of gate piers to the south, west, north-west and north-east corners have truncated stepped pyramidal tops and chamfered plinths. Those to the south at the foot of a wide flight of steps to the south porch, support an overthrow of square-section twisted iron scrolled to the sides and centre with an empty lantern frame to the centre. The piers to the north-west have double iron gates with various horizontal bands of pierced quincunx to top, bottom and centre; those to the north-east flank the top of Proclamation Steps. The walls, formerly supporting iron railings, are articulated by low square piers at approx 5m intervals; from Proclamation Steps at the NE corner they step up for approx 40m along the east side, step down for approx 75m along the south side, flanking the south gate, extend approx 45m along the west side, 25m to the north and the wall to the north-east is a rubblestone revetment wall with widely spaced railings. Proclamation Steps, where Royal Proclamations were read, consist of a flight of 11 stone steps from Mill Street to the north-west corner of the churchyard, with railings to the east.
Listing NGR: ST9991370930
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 455166
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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