Wall and gateway approximately 14 metres to south of Chancel of Church of St. John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Wall and gateway.

Wall and gateway approximately 14 metres to south of Chancel of Church of St. John the Baptist

WRENN ID
bitter-obsidian-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Wall and gateway
OS grid reference
SO 323 883
Coordinates
52.48922, -2.99803
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and gateway located approximately 14 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. John the Baptist were built around 1860 and incorporate early 13th-century remains from the earlier church. The wall is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with sandstone ashlar details, measuring about 22 metres long and 1.5 metres high, oriented from north-west to south-east. At the north-west end, there is a re-sited doorway featuring a moulded pointed arch with three orders of shafts that have stiff-leaf capitals, along with a boarded door that has decorative strap hinges. The south-east end includes a re-sited triple sedilia with moulded shafts that extend without capitals to moulded cinquefoiled arches set within overall square heads, backed by re-used tombstones to the north-east. The site also references a re-sited piscina, a cusped window head, and a large Jacobean figure believed to represent Gervas Needham, although these elements were not visible during the last survey in June 1984.

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