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Gate Piers, Gate and Walls at East Entrance to St Lawrence

A Grade II Listed Building in Bigbury, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.3047 / 50°18'17"N

Longitude: -3.8712 / 3°52'16"W

OS Eastings: 266842

OS Northings: 46651

OS Grid: SX668466

Mapcode National: GBR QB.J7BH

Mapcode Global: FRA 28S7.7N3

Plus Code: 9C2R843H+VG

Entry Name: Gate Piers, Gate and Walls at East Entrance to St Lawrence

Listing Date: 25 January 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1108132

English Heritage Legacy ID: 99593

ID on this website: 101108132

Location: Bigbury, South Hams, Devon, TQ7

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: Bigbury

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Bigbury St Lawrence

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


BIGBURY -
SX 64 NE
5/2
Gate piers, gate and
walls at east entrance to
St Lawrence

GV II

Piers, gates, walling, entrance to churchyard. Erected 1873, but cappings may
be C18. Coursed, thin bedded stone. Two square piers, c.750 mm x 3.5 m high
overall; heavy moulded cappings surmounted by large granite ball finials. Ogee
quadrant walls to saddle-back copings at cl.6 m stopped to square piers with
cappings, c.13 m wide overall. Pair of C19 cast iron gates to main opening,
smaller matching pedestrian gate to right. An inscription in the church notes
that the piers were ' ... moved by consent from ... Whitecross for this
purpose'.


Listing NGR: SX6684246651

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