Description

CHARD

ST3308 CHURCH STREET
756-1/4/11 (West side)
29/07/76 Walls, gates and railings enclosing
churchyard of Church of St Mary the
Virgin
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STREET
(West side)
Churchyard railings and 2 gates at
the Parish Church)

GV II

Gates and railings. 1842. Wrought-iron. Quadrant plan,
enclosing churchyard to north and east. Square spearheaded
railings set in a stone plinth on a rubblestone base. Urn
finial to main supports. 2 gates, one to north, one to east,
have long/short spearheaded railings with quatrefoil frieze to
base and middle rail; urn finials to sides and centre.
Overthrow, of depressed semicircle dipping to 3 quatrefoils;
gate to north has a scrolled lamp support above. Attached to
the Church Room (qv) are high rubblestone and flint walls
bounding the churchyard to the west and south; that attached
to the rear north corner sweeps down at intervals for approx
45m to meet the railings at the front; that to the front south
corner extends approx 20m southward, then turns to the east
for approx 35m to meet the railings to the east side of the
churchyard.

Listing NGR: ST3229208249

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491895

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)