Churchyard Gates, Gate Piers and Walls to Church of St James
CHURCHYARD GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS TO CHURCH OF ST JAMES, EXETER STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1365780
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jul-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Churchyard Gates, Gate Piers and Walls to Church of St James
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCHYARD GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS TO CHURCH OF ST JAMES, EXETER STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1365780
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jul-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Churchyard Gates, Gate Piers and Walls to Church of St James
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCHYARD GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS TO CHURCH OF ST JAMES, EXETER STREET
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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:
- CHURCHYARD GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS TO CHURCH OF ST JAMES, EXETER STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Teignmouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 93952 73070
Details
TEIGNMOUTH
SX9373 EXETER STREET 25-1/4/147 (West side) Churchyard gates, gate piers and walls to Church of St James
GV II
Walls gate piers and gates enclosing the churchyard of St James' Church. 1821 with some later C19 work. Red sandstone rubble walls, gate piers with limestone caps and cast-iron and wrought-iron gates. Substantial gate piers flanking the path approx 20m from the west door have stepped shallow pyramidal caps supporting cast-iron gates approx 2m high. The gates resemble long/short railings but have interlacing tracery to the central horizontal bar with spade-head tops and arrow-head tops to the upper rails; rails are square in section. C20 segmental steel arches bolted to the top of each gate have pointed spikes. The wall extends approx 35m to the north, turns east for approx 25m, turns north again for approx 6m and east again for approx 6m. In the angle thus formed is the tomb of Thomas Luny (qv). The wall descends the hill for approx 70m to meet the north-east angle of the the church. Approx 10m from the north end are double wrought-iron gates approx 2m high with square-section long/short rails with heavy arrow heads to upper and lower rails. The south-east angle of the church is connected to the west gates by a curved revetment wall enclosing the south side of the churchyard. It extends approx 110m and approx 27m from the east end is a long/short-railed gate and steps.
Listing NGR: SX9395273070
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 461124
- 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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