Gate Piers And Wall About 50 Metres West Of The Manor Hotel

The gate piers and wall located about 50 meters west of the Manor Hotel were built in the late 19th century and designed by Sabine Baring-Gould for his own residence, Lew House. The structure features dressed stone walls with granite dressings and granite ashlar gate piers. The walls are curved, topped with granite coping and granite lacing above the plinth, and they end in square section stone rubble piers to the north and south, which are capped with granite pinnacles that have ogee finials. The ashlar gate piers share a similar design, with taller moulded finials on the pinnacles. Attached to the west side of the wall is a French road sign, likely collected by Baring-Gould. Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) served as both squire and parson at Lew Trenchard from 1881 until his death. He was known as a High Churchman, antiquarian, and a prolific author of both fiction and theological works. He also rebuilt Lew House in the late 19th century and fully restored the church of St Peter.