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South Gateway and Stocks Immediately South East with Steps and Railings, Church of All Saints

A Grade II Listed Building in Martock, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.969 / 50°58'8"N

Longitude: -2.7686 / 2°46'7"W

OS Eastings: 346123

OS Northings: 119123

OS Grid: ST461191

Mapcode National: GBR MH.M8DD

Mapcode Global: FRA 562K.568

Plus Code: 9C2VX69J+HG

Entry Name: South Gateway and Stocks Immediately South East with Steps and Railings, Church of All Saints

Listing Date: 28 April 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1225950

English Heritage Legacy ID: 422984

ID on this website: 101225950

Location: All Saints' Church, Martock, Somerset, TA12

County: Somerset

District: South Somerset

Civil Parish: Martock

Built-Up Area: Martock

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Tagged with: Architectural structure

Description


South Gateway & Stocks etc, Church Street 12/240 9/240

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South Gateway & Stocks etc, Church Street 12/240 9/240

------------------------------------ ST4619 MARTOCK CP CHURCH STREET (West side)

12/240 South gateway and stocks immediately south-east, with steps and railings, Church of All Saints 19.4.61

GV II

Gateway, steps and stocks. Gateway dated 1627. Ham stone, with wrot iron work. In form of short, tall ashlar wall with stepped angled coping, returned down the sides, with 3 pinnacles on top, framing a moulded semi-circular archway with false keystone and impost blocks; with an approach of 4 steps with matching baluster walls ending in square piers with bell-hip caps. The gates early C19, featuring Gothic arches, scrolls, barbed arrowpoints and other Regency style decoration; railings to corners formed by projecting stairs set on low stone base now almost sunken, having plain arrowhead tops; on south-west side railings enclose a notice board, and on south-east the stocks, 4 leg-holes with iron straps, under wrot iron and oak plank roof. An inscription over the archway reads: Robert Jeane and Thomas Row, Churchwardens, Ano Dni 1627".

Listing NGR: ST4612319122

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