Description

MALTON

SE7872 TOWN STREET, Old Malton
801-1/6/237 (South East side)
29/09/51 Walls bounding churchyard of St
Mary's Priory Church
(Formerly Listed as:
TOWN STREET, Old Malton
(South East side)
Church of St Mary the Virgin and
boundary walls)

GV I

Walls, railings, gate piers and gates to churchyard of St
Mary's Priory Church. Largely mid C18, part early C19,
incorporating C12 remains of original priory church. Walls of
coursed squared stone, with sections of rubble stone and of
brick; Priory remains of ashlar. Copings of stone and
pantiles; cast-iron gates and railings.
Entrance gates and screen walls on north side: double gates of
fluted rails with spearhead finials, and middle and bottom
bands pierced with quatrefoils. Square on plan piers, approx
2m high, on moulded bases, with panelled sides of Gothick
tracery, overhanging cornices and shaped caps. Flanking screen
walls, approx 1m high and serpentine on plan, with flat
coping, surmounted by railings similar to gate rails.
Wall to west: approx 1.75m high, with flat coping; gables at
intervals to house inset headstones.
Wall to south: varying in height, with sloped pantile coping.
Section to west incorporates 4 inset gabled headstones.
Further east, original connecting doorway from south aisle of
church into cloister survives, now closed by similar double
gates to those in churchyard entrance. Round arch of 2
roll-moulded orders, beneath moulded hood; shafts largely
decayed, though one waterleaf capital survives. Much defaced
piscina to east.
Wall to east: incorporates remains of crossing tower piers of
priory church. Abutting north-east angle of present church is
reset doorway, possibly from the priory chapter-house: round
arch of 2 orders, the inner roll-moulded, the outer enriched
with beakhead, on shafts with scalloped capitals. To south,
defaced cartouche with winged cherub head. Wall to north,
adjoining Holgate's House (qv): parish coffin shelf beneath
long timber lintel.
The churchyard is on the site of the Gilbertine Priory of St
Mary, scheduled as an Ancient Monument, County No.383.

Listing NGR: SE7978872535

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17525587

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