Boundary Wall, Railings And Entrance Gateways Enclosing Holy Trinity Church, School And Vicarage

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, DEAN STREET, SJ 99 NW,

1478-4/10009,

BOUNDARY WALL, RAILINGS AND ENTRANCE GATEWAYS ENCLOSING HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, SCHOOL AND VICARAGE

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Boundary wall, railings and entrance gateways. 1876-8. By Henry and Medland Taylor continuous boundary comprised of brick and masonry walling, intermediate piers, metal railings and entrance gateways and gates. A unified design of different elements, enclosing Holy Trinity Church, School and Vicarage (q.v.) but expressing the different status of each building. Brick walling with ashlar dressings, and plain and decorative metal railings and gates. West side (Portland Street) with 3-bay wall with ashlar plinth and coping, incorporating drinking fountain with projecting bowl 6 bays of railings, with two intermediate copied piers to each side, linking with angled entrance gateways to churchyard at north-west and south-west corners. Gateways with stepped gables incorporating open niche above stepped pointed archway springing from gate piers set within flanking abutment walls. Decorative double iron gates to each archway, that to the south-west with double triangle finial. Inset post box in south abutment walling. South side (Dean Street) with 4 bays of plain railings, with intermediate piers, then single masonry bay, flanking on gabled gate posts to organ chamber entry to church. Decorated iron double gates. Two further bays of plain railings, then solid bay, a further bay of railings, and then tall stepped gabled gate piers to vicarage with blind tracery motifs to pier faces. Low decorative iron gates. A further bay of railings, and then four bays of solid wall with intermediate piers with gabled pilasters. Angled corner carries wall onto east side (Bentinck Street) where 3 bays and 2 further bays flanking gateway to vicarage yard complete enclosure of vicarage. 3 bays of railings between masonry piers, each railing bay divided into 3 sections by metal strainer post with double triangle finials. School side entrance with double iron gates, and one further bay of decorative railings. Solid masonry angled corner returns onto north side (Kenyon Street). 2 bays of decorative railings and an entrance bay with double decorative gates, flanked by plain railings linked to intermediate piers. Two further 3 section bays of railings end at terminal pier of schoolyard enclosure. Railings then revert to plain pattern, for two bays, then to solid bay incorporating entrance piers to vestry gateway now with plain railings, and final four bays of railings link with return wall of north-west corner gateway to churchyard.

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