Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO9198NW EXCHANGE STREET
895-1/11/220 (East side)
Terrace Walls and Steps of St
Peter's Church, Lich Gates

GV II

Terrace walls extending approximately 79m with 38m return
round area to north and 35m return round area to south and war
memorial (q.v.); steps across middle of landscaped area to
west. 1905-7. Sandstone ashlar, with rock-faced revetting and
lower terrace wall to south; wrought-iron gates. Walls have
roll-moulded coping and battered piers with ball finials;
steps in 2 flights with oval area between; statue of Lady
Wulfruna dated 1974 and gates to south leading to steps down,
(those to north removed); paired enriched gates with
cartouches; lamp standards to top and bottom of steps. 2 seat
alcoves to revetting have segmental arches dying into jambs.
Gate to south-west angle. Lamp standard to north-east angle.
An important landscape feature between the church and the
square in front of the Civic Offices.

Listing NGR: SO9137698782

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497506

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey