Entrance Gateway And East And North Boundary Walls To Churchyard, Christ Church

Entrance gateway etc. Main Road. 9/130 3/130

ST4623 LONG LOAD CP MAIN ROAD (West side)

9/130 Entrance gateway and east and north boundary walls to churchyard, Christ Church -

GV II

Gateway and boundary wall, 1854-56 by C E Giles. Ham stone and lias wall, cast iron gates. Low stone wall to east in cut and squared lias stone with angled Ham stone copings, increasing in height to accommodate drop in levels on north side: entrance gateway in centre of east wall has panelled cast iron pillars with strapwork decoration and deeply moulded knob tops; pair of small gates with small circles to bottom rail, X-braces with rosettes to upper middle rail, which has barbed spearpoints with toprail and scrollwork above, with central spearpoint; simple wrot-iron overthrow with bracket for lamp and angled braces; the whole contributing to the setting of Christ Church (qv) and the street scene, on a prominent corner site in the middle of the village.

Listing NGR: ST4653623161