Gate Piers And Gates To Amesbury Abbey, With Flanking Walls

The gate piers and gates to Amesbury Abbey, along with the flanking wall, date from the mid to late 18th century. They are constructed from Chilmark ashlar and feature wrought iron gates. Each pier has two Tuscan half columns at the front, flanking a round-headed niche, with a blank raised panel above. There is an entablature and a triangular pediment. The rear of the piers is similar but includes Tuscan pilasters flanking an arched recess. The gates, likely from the 20th century, have an ornamented lock band and dog rails. To the right of the right pier, there is a flint and stone chequer wall with tiled coping, approximately 2 meters high and 8 meters long, which continues as a lower boundary wall to the graveyard for about 50 meters, meeting the nave of the church. Additionally, there is a lean-to store with fragments of medieval carving and a pedestrian opening at the church end.