Gate piers to Whitsands Road and boundary wall south-west of 20 Market Place

Gate piers, built in the mid-to late C18 and rebuilt in the C19, and attached boundary wall, built in the mid- to late C18.

MATERIALS: the gate piers are constructed of red brick with stone dressings, and the wall is constructed of red brick and rubble flint.

PLAN: the gate piers are square on plan and provide access from Whitsands Road to the south-west; from the east gate pier the boundary wall runs north-east for approximately 30m.

DESCRIPTION: the two gate piers are square on plan and constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond. The piers are surmounted by square stone bases, and carved stone vase finials with gadrooned decoration and pineapple caps. The gate piers support late-C20 metal gates. The boundary wall along the south-west boundary of the site, extends approximately 30m north-east from the east gate pier. The lower section of wall has bricks laid diagonally, the mid-height section of the north-west elevation has courses of flint rubble, and the wall is capped by six courses of conventionally laid red brick.