Churchyard Wall And Gate Piers To East Number 10

NZ 2422 HEIGHINGTON CHURCH VIEW (South side, off) 10/36 Churchyard wall and gate piers to east of No.10 GV II Churchyard wall and 2 sets of gate piers. Mid-late C19, partly repaired in 1932 (see plaque at north-east corner). Coursed rubble outer face and dressed stone inner face; some later rubble infill especially on south wall. Ashlar piers. Tall wall enclosing rectangular churchyard on 3 sides. Flat-coped north wall runs east for c.30 metres from a point 12 metres east of No. 10; off-centre pair of tall gate piers with pyramidal caps; rounded north- east corner. Flat-coped east wall runs south for c.80 metres: stone plaque at north end inscribed "This ground ... made ready by Voluntary Labour 1932"; ramped-up off-centre section has round-arched doorway with alternating jambs; blocked doorway at south end; rounded south-east corner. Flat- and triangular-coped south wall runs west for c.100 metres: partly rebuilt end sections; pair of tall gate piers with pyramidal caps, replaced iron overthrow and gates, at west; wall ends at the Public Convenience. Short rebuilt rubble wall, between No. 10 Church View and North Wall, is not of special interest. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ2496522389