The Gate Piers And Gates, About 22 Metres North North West Of The Church, And All Of The Boundary Walls And Other Gateways, Church Of Saint Mary

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BRUTON CP STATION ROAD (West side)

The gate piers and gates, about 22 metres North North West of the Church, and all of the boundary walls and other gateways, Church of Saint Mary

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Boundary walls with gate piers and gates. Mostly C18 and C19. Local and Doulting stone, with cast iron gates. North boundary wall averages 2.5 metres high, with coursed rubble capped with pitched coping stones; near gates a plaque recording flood levels; central gate piers of square ashlar with pyramidal caps on which are set C20 wrought iron lights; fine pair cast iron gates in Gothic style; similar gate piers in North West corner, with ashlar sweep wall to Vicarage (qv), C20 wooden gates. West wall averages 2 metres high, with stepped pitched coping; rubble, with some old tombstones set in. South wall has vertical stone copings to rubble, again with tombstones set in; opposite East wall of chancel is a 4-centred arched gateway, possibly the private gateway for the Berkeley family, owners of the former Abbey; to left of gateway is fragment of chest tomb of Thomas Hill, died 1637. East wall also rubble, rather lower in average height. The North and East walls are important elements in the street scene; the South and West walls define the limits between churchyard and Bruton Abbey, finally demolished in 1786. (Couzens P, Bruton in Selwood, Abbey Press, Sherborne 1972).

Listing NGR: ST6842234816