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2 Pairs of Gate Piers and Wall Adjoining Piers at South Side of Carriageway to South of Tonacombe Manor

A Grade II Listed Building in Morwenstow, Cornwall

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9021 / 50°54'7"N

Longitude: -4.5479 / 4°32'52"W

OS Eastings: 220939

OS Northings: 114492

OS Grid: SS209144

Mapcode National: GBR K2.RFPB

Mapcode Global: FRA 16CQ.G00

Plus Code: 9C2QWF22+RR

Entry Name: 2 Pairs of Gate Piers and Wall Adjoining Piers at South Side of Carriageway to South of Tonacombe Manor

Listing Date: 29 September 1961

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1277328

English Heritage Legacy ID: 407185

ID on this website: 101277328

Location: Morwenstow, Cornwall, EX23

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Morwenstow

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Morwenstow

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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Description


SS 21 SW MORWENSTOW
3/84 2 pairs of gate piers and wall
29.9.61 adjoining piers at south side
of carriageway to south of
Tonacombe Manor

GV II

2 pairs of gatepiers and garden wall to garden south of Tonacombe Manor. Wall probably rebuilt C18, may be of earlier origin, C18 gatepiers. Stone rubble coped garden wall, ashlar gatepiers. 2 pairs of gatepiers of square section at west and east ends of the carriageway known as "the street" immediately to the south of Tonacombe Manor. Gatepiers stand on moulded plinths and have moulded cornices. Pilasters terminating in moulded carved consoles to inner sides of piers. East piers are surmounted by the Waddon falcon. The gatepiers may have originated at Stowe, the Grenville house in Kilkhampton, dismantled circa 1739.


Listing NGR: SS2093914492

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