Entrance Gates, Gate Piers, Walls and Railings to Townsend Cemetery
ENTRANCE GATES, GATE PIERS, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO TOWNSEND CEMETERY, YEOVIL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1293025
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-1993
- Statutory Address:
- ENTRANCE GATES, GATE PIERS, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO TOWNSEND CEMETERY, YEOVIL ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1293025
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-1993
- Statutory Address 1:
- ENTRANCE GATES, GATE PIERS, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO TOWNSEND CEMETERY, YEOVIL ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ENTRANCE GATES, GATE PIERS, WALLS AND RAILINGS TO TOWNSEND CEMETERY, YEOVIL ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Crewkerne
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 44839 09956
Details
CREWKERNE
ST4409 YEOVIL ROAD 876-1/7/174 (South side) Entrance gates, gate piers, walls and railings to Townsend Cemetery
II
Walls, gate piers, gates and railings. c1874. Limestone rubble, Ham Hill stone ashlar and cast-iron. A revetment wall encloses the garden of the lodge to the north and curves round to the gates at the west; this has recessed panels with Ham Hill stone plinth capping to plinth and top. To the right, extending approx 60m, is a castellated rubblestone boundary wall. For approx 55m, a low boundary wall with plinth capping, separates a footpath from the drive; it supports railings of 3 horizontal spiked rails, the lower ones set into the plinth, the upper rail has spikes above and below. The 4 substantial gate piers have steep, stepped pyramidal tops with crocketed finials, stiff-leaf cornices and stepped-back corners with inset colonnettes. The gates, single to the sides, double to the centre, have 5 horizonal bars, long/short railings to the base, a diagonal cross pattern to the centre and trefoil-type finials along the tops. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: ST4483909956
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 390448
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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