Description

ILFRACOMBE

SS5147 CHURCH HILL
853-1/6/90 (North side)
South boundary wall to Church Hill
including gate piers and VR letter
box

GV II

Wall, gate piers and letter box. Mid to late C19; the letter
box is likely to have been inserted between 1881 and 1904.
Wall is of stone rubble, narrowing at the top, the base of
this 'coping' marked by a line of projecting stones; some of
the latter have been replaced in slate. Between the 2 sets of
gate piers the wall has pilaster-strips on the outer (Church
Hill) side.
The eastern gate piers are of coursed, squared rubble with
caps formed by large, projecting slaps of stone just below the
top; the eastern of the 2 piers has a plain projecting plinth.
The western gate piers are of stone rubble with red brick
quoins, and have later concrete caps.
Immediately east of the eastern set of gate piers is an iron
letter box set into a surround of cream coloured brick. It has
a crown at the top flanked by the letters VR; the hood above
the opening carried the inscription POST OFFICE. The door is
entirely plain, apart from the holder for notices and the
keyhole guard, the latter somewhat rusted.
The letter box is of the type made by WT Allen & Co. of Upper
Thames Street, London between 1881 and 1904; it was probably
cast at the Sherwood Foundry in Mansfield.
(Farrugia JY: The Letterbox: 1969-: P.84-5, 259, 263).

Listing NGR: SS5142247259

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503276

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6