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

SX 48 NE LEW TRENCHARD LEW TRENCHARD

4/113 Gate piers and wall about 50m - west of the Manor Hotel

GV II Wall and gate piers at the entrance to Lew house (now the Manor Hotel). Late C19, designed by Sabine Baring-Gould for himself. Dressed stone walls with granite dressings and granite ashlar gate piers. Curved walls with granite coping and granite lacing above the plinth terminate in square section stone rubble piers to north and south with granite pinnacles with ogee finials. The ashlar gate piers are of a similar design with taller moulded finials to the pinnacles. Fixed to the west side of the wall is a French road sign probably collected by Baring-Gould. Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was both a squire and parson at Lew Trenchard from 1881 until his death. He was High Churchman, antiquarian, and prolific author of fiction and theological works. He rebuilt Lew House in the late C19 and completely restored the church of St Peter.

Listing NGR: SX4575586074