Description

TEIGNMOUTH

SX9473 DEN PROMENADE
25-1/5/140 (West side)
Churchyard walls, gate piers and
gates to Church of St Michael

GV II

Walls, gate piers and gates enclosing the north, north-east,
east and west sides of the churchyard of the Parish Church
(qv). c1821 by Andrew Patey of Exeter. Grey Plymouth stone
with chamfered capping cast and wrought-iron gates.
The walls flanking the gates have chamfered capping, are
approx 1m high and extend for 20m. Similar walls to the west
front sweep down in stages to the south-west corner.
The gate piers are 3-4m high with stepped pyramidal caps. The
double gates approx 2m high, have long/short railings with
cast-iron fleurs-de-lys to the tops and quadrant bracing to
the upper halves which form an inverted semi-circle when the
gates are closed. Similar gates to west. Later C19 high red
sandstone walls enclose the north and south-east sides. That
to the south-east is approx 3m high and extends for approx
48m; it is rendered on the outside, facing Den Promenade and
has segmental-arched niches for seats and 2 harnessing rings.
That to the north is approx 2m high and extends for approx
24m, joining the Plymouth stone walls at each end.
An important element in the setting to the Church of St
Michael (qv).

Listing NGR: SX9438673015

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559235

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Recommended Books

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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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)