Churchyard Gates And Gate Pier Approximately 44 Metres To South Of Church Of St Michael

The churchyard gates and gate piers, located approximately 44 metres south of the Church of St. Michael, were built around 1861. They feature a pair of painted cast iron gates with a 2:1 proportion, dog rails, intersecting Perpendicular-style panelled tracery, and crested top rails. The gates are flanked by a pair of monolithic red sandstone square gate piers, which are dressed to resemble rock-faced blocks and topped with low pyramidal caps. Above the gates is a wrought iron overthrow adorned with scrolled decoration and a central lamp. These gates were donated by Sir Baldwin Leighton of Loton Park on the condition that the residents of Cardeston and Ford-in-Alberbury could be buried in the churchyard, although this agreement was revoked in 1876.