Description

ST52NE
3/13

BABCARY CP
CHURCH STREET (West side)

South-east gateway, east boundary wall and gateway to churchyard, Church of the Holy Cross

GV II

Gateway and boundary wall. Mostly C19. Lias stone cut and squared, with Doulting copings and caps: cast iron gates and
railings. Wall averages 1.5 m high; square plan piers to gateway with plain bell-hip caps. Gates have spikes to centre
rail and fleur-de-lys finials: south-east gateway has wrot iron overthrow with a gas/oil lantern, now electrified of
which one glass pane commemorates coronation of Edward VII, 26 June 1902. South-east corner has a drop in wall with
cast iron railings to match gate: overthrow to east gateway has lamp missing. The whole has considerable group value
with Church of the Holy Cross (qv) and importance in the street scene.

Listing NGR: ST5617028749

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540637

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)