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Summary

Stone wall surrounding churchyard, some with chamfered granite coping with the marks of former railings on top. Iron railings survive on the north side, and on the south side is a pair of iron gates.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1293014: ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD 4 WALLS INCLUDING GATES AND RAILINGS ON NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42NE/16/2
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 375792

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY WALL (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 19/03/1973, Bideford, 1 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV341487.

Wall of churchyard of St. Mary's Church. Nineteenth century and earlier stone wall surrounding churchyard, in some places forming retaining wall. Height varies generally, rising to 8 feet on east side.

Department of National Heritage, 19/04/1993, Bideford, 91 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV338459.

St Mary's Churchyard: 4 walls including gates and railings on north and south sides (formerly listed as "Wall of churchyard of St Mary's Church". Stone-rubble boundary-wall. Probably 1865. Most of it has a chamfered granite coping with the marks of former railings on top. Iron railings survive on north side, adjoining flight of steps; uprights with elaborated spear-heads, including twisted standards supported on the inside by twisted brackets. On south side is a pair of iron gates with more delicate spear-heads to the uprights; above it an arch of scrollwork, probably intended for a lampholder, supported by standards matching those on the north side. The gate may not be in its original position; a nearby granite plaque records the construction of this entrance to the churchyard in 1914. On the east side the wall has no granite coping. Instead the north half has a flat stone coping which sweeps upwards to a flat-topped pier near the north end.

Rushton, N., 2006, River Torridge Pipeline, Bideford, Devon: Rapid Archaeological Appraisal (Report - Interim). SDV342463.

Rushton, N., 2006, River Torridge Pipeline, Bideford, Devon: Rapid Archaeological Appraisal, 7; site WA 03 (Report - Interim). SDV342463.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4517 - Archaeological Appraisal of River Torridge Pipeline Routes, Bideford, Devon

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