History

A long length of walling in various styles which bounds the car-park to the E of the Old Cloisters, fronts School Road to the N, before forming the W boundary of the Old Cloisters and St Peter's Churchyard. The section to the E may be c1800.

Exterior

To the E of the Old Cloisters car-park, the wall is of large blocks of coursed grey stone with flat stone coping c1.5m high. At the L end, the wall rises up to join the SE angle of the church and a stub wall at right-angles. To the R, the wall rises over a pointed-arched gateway with chamfered stone hoodmould. The wall curves round towards the R to a wide gateway, orientated at an angle, which forms the vehicular entrance to the car-park; it has a pair of stone piers with pyramidal caps, between which are double cast iron gates with scrollwork and pointed finials. Further N, opposite the Church House, is a butt joint, beyond which the wall is of large blocks of random stone without coping, gradually stepping down. It continues along the S side of School Road where it is supported by irregular raked buttresses. At the NW corner the wall splits; the inner wall is higher and covered in vegetation; the lower wall fronts the road and continues along Prior Street where it has coping of alternate raised stones. The 2 walls rejoin at the NW corner of St Peter's Churchyard. It continues as a high retaining wall, up to 2.5m high, of roughly coursed random stone with stone coping. Towards the R is a butt joint, beyond which the wall is slightly lower and narrower; it rises up to join the NW angle of the Post Office and contains a small window opening with red brick reveals and sandstone lintel.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an extensive length of early stone walling which contributes to the historic landscape of this fine parochial close. Group value with Church of St Peter and the Old Cloisters.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29481368

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