Wall With Stone Pier Supporting Lamp Bracket

This structure is a wall with a stone pier that supports a lamp bracket, dating from the late 18th century. It is made of gritstone and wrought iron. The wall is approximately 9 metres long and 2 metres high at the west end, tapering down to 80 centimetres at the east end, where it features rounded coping and a terminal. The pier is attached to the west end of the wall and has a square section, standing about 2.5 metres high on the north side. It includes a projecting band and a shallow pyramidal capstone. The lamp bracket has four S-scroll feet attached to the top of the pier, with four curved arms designed to hold a lamp. There is also a projecting bar with a knob finial, which may have served as a ladder support. The wall acts as a revetment between the steep slope of Water Bag Bank to the south and the level path leading to the church on the north side. A photograph from around 1890, located in the Court House museum in Knaresborough, shows this pier supporting a fine wrought-iron gate and the lantern in its original condition.