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Latitude: 50.9462 / 50°56'46"N
Longitude: -2.5168 / 2°31'0"W
OS Eastings: 363791
OS Northings: 116436
OS Grid: ST637164
Mapcode National: GBR MV.NL63
Mapcode Global: FRA 56ML.TKM
Plus Code: 9C2VWFWM+F7
Entry Name: Gates and Gate Piers at South entrance to Abbey Close
Listing Date: 4 October 1973
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1324348
English Heritage Legacy ID: 103815
ID on this website: 101324348
Location: Sherborne, Dorset, DT9
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Sherborne
Built-Up Area: Sherborne
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Sherborne with Castleton Abbey Church of St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Gate
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ABBEY CLOSE
Gates and Gate Piers at South entrance to Abbey Close
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II*
Ashlar gate piers with low plinth, capping and ball finials. Two gates; each gate has two lock rails with inset scroll panelling and a top rail with slightly inverted curve. Uprights with spiked finials rise alternately to two different heights, that is alternately above the lock rail and above the top most rail.
All the listed buildings in Abbey Close form a group with the east end of No 1 Finger Lane.
Listing NGR: ST6379116436
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