Walls And Railings Around The Church Of St Thomas

The walls and railings around the Church of St Thomas were constructed between 1840 and 1841 by Edmund Sharpe. Made from sandstone ashlar and cast iron, the structure features four gate piers and gates within a churchyard wall. The piers rise five steps above the pavement and are set within a recessed entrance, with walls that curve back in quadrants. They are octagonal and resemble the turrets on the west front of the church. Each face of the piers includes a shafted lancet topped with a continuous hoodmould, beneath a band of dogtooth ornament that supports a pyramidal spirelet with an ornate finial. On the two central piers, the finials have been replaced by lamps, which were broken at the time of the survey. The cast-iron gates are double in the center and single on the sides, adorned with a row of trefoils at the top and bottom, along with a cresting of small finials. The railings atop the walls feature roll-topped saddlebacked copings and simple spearheads.