Boundary Wall With Gates And Piers, To Winchcombe Abbey

The boundary wall with gates and piers at Winchcombe Abbey was built in 1835. It is made of cut and squared coursed limestone on a plinth, featuring plain chamfered weathering and weathered coping. The wall stands approximately 2.25 meters high overall, with a sweeping rise at the left-hand end where it meets the gate piers to St Peter's Church. The wall extends to the right, including a gate in an arched opening, and continues as far as the coped section opposite the north-west corner of Lloyd's Bank.

Near the left-hand end, there are a pair of square piers, each about 2.75 meters high, made of limestone ashlar. These piers have ogee-mould domed cappings, a frieze, and square mouldings that support a pair of wrought iron gates with a segmental-shaped top, spear-head verticals, intermediates, and decorative hanging-rails. At the near right-hand end, there is another wrought iron gate featuring quatrefoil panels set in a 4-centred arch, with chamfered responds under flat coping that sweeps up at this section of the wall.

This wall is an important feature of the improvements made to Abbey Terrace during the establishment of the Winchcombe Road Trustees, as the road was previously only about 3 meters wide at this point. Backed by trees, the wall contributes significantly to the townscape in the heart of Winchcombe.