Railings And Gates To North Side Of The Churchyard Of St Peter And 2 Gates To The West

HAMPTON LUCY

SP25NE CHURCH STREET 1457-1/10/64 (South side) 18/03/97 Railings and gates to north side of Churchyard of St Peter and 2 gates to west

GV II

Railings stretching along north side of churchyard including 2 gates, and extending west to include the gates to Hampton Lucy House (former rectory) and No.47 Church Street (qv). c1825-30 with mid C19 inserted gate. Cast-iron on stone-coped brick plinth, wrought-iron gate with ashlar gate piers. Railings have moulded shafts and arrow heads, those from west end, attached to No.47 Church Street, to just beyond church gate are joined in pairs by panels with pierced quatrefoils. Gate to north-west of tower of church (qv) has cast-iron open-work piers with cusping and Tudor-flower cresting; enriched gate and C20 overthrow with lantern. Similar gate at west end to No.47 Church Street. Plinth ramped up each side of gate to Hampton Lucy House (qv), which has similar cast-iron piers, with pyramidal caps, and paired enriched gates. Gate between School (not included) and north transept is mid C19, and has ashlar piers with cornices and swept caps to finials with foliate carving, and paired wrought-iron gates with fish-tail finials and scroll work in grid to lower parts; probably erected for the use of school children. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 306).

Listing NGR: SP2563657034