Gateway And Railings To The Churchyard Of The Parish Church Of The Holy Cross

CREDITON

SS834000 UNION ROAD 672-1/6/169 (North side) Gateway and railings to the churchyard of the Parish Church of the Holy Cross

GV II

Gateway and railings to the churchyard of the parish church. Wall to the west 1829, John Berry, mason (DRO), railings missing, iron gate by Jonas Pollard of Crediton, ironmonger. Wall, gatepiers and gates to the south 1838, design of gates and ironwork by John and Thomas Pollard, ironmongers of Crediton (DRO). Railings to east and north probably 1830s. Granite and local volcanic trap rubble, cast iron railings and gates. The south wall, fronting East Street, is built of large blocks of granite ashlar with granite coping, railings missing. Tall square section granite piers to a wide central gateway, with smaller pedestrian gates with piers to left and right. The piers have deep moulded plinths and flat-topped granite caps. The centre gateway has an overthrow with wrought iron scrolls and a lamp-holder with a finial. Pair of large gates, each with a dog rail and high rail decorated with quatrefoils and a brace betweeen the dog and high rail. Below the dog rail the verticals have spear finials with thick scrolls. Spear finials above the top rail; urn finials to the standards. Similar design to pedestrian gates. Gateway opposite the west door of similar design, also with a wrought iron overthrow with a lamp-holder. Railings to the east and north sides of the churchyard are on low walls with granite coping with columnar standards with urn finials, the verticals with spear finials. Railings to the south east corner of a slightly different design, probably 1911, when the Buller memorial was erected. Important to the setting of the church and interesting as an example of precisely-dated late Georgian and early Victorian gates. (Crediton Parish Church Vestry Minutes, 1751-1828: 1660A/A18; Crediton Parish Church Vestry Minutes: PARISH RECORDS R4/2/).

Listing NGR: SS8363400149