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HER Number:MDV58734
Name:Garden Wall and Gateway to Winscott Barton

Summary

Mid 19th century garden walls + gateway south of Winscott Barton.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 552 186
Map Sheet:SS51NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishSt. Giles in the Wood
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishST.GILES IN THE WOOD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS51NE/13/1
  • Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • GARDEN WALL (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD)

Full description

Department of Environment, 1989, St. Giles in the Wood, 57 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV655.

Front garden walls + gateway approx 60m (sic) S of Winscott Barton.
Circa 1850. Local stone rubble with red brick coping and sandstone ashlar dressings to the gate piers. Cast iron railings and gate.
The wall which contains a central gateway is built across the front of the garden belonging to Winscott Barton farmhouse between the barn and granary part of the courtyard of farm buildings. Central gateway has square section piers with low pyramid caps and contains its original double gates. Each side the wall ramps down and is surmounted by railings; spear-headed rails with bulbous standards.
This wall and gateway form part of a group with Winscott Barton farmhouse and its traditional farm buildings.

Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission, 2007, SS51NE (Cartographic). SDV337896.

Listed Building description states that the wall is 60 metres south of the farmhouse. However, the accompanying annotated map shows it to be 25 metres to the south. Other details: 109/8.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV337896Cartographic: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission. 2007. SS51NE. Map of Listed Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Map (Paper).
SDV655List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1989. St. Giles in the Wood. Historic Houses Register. A4 Spiral Bound. 57.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Apr 13 2022 11:06AM