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37 Cast Iron Fence Posts Between Bridgeland Street and Bideford Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Bideford, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0185 / 51°1'6"N

Longitude: -4.2042 / 4°12'15"W

OS Eastings: 245491

OS Northings: 126661

OS Grid: SS454266

Mapcode National: GBR KJ.J4RR

Mapcode Global: FRA 262F.9WR

Plus Code: 9C3Q2Q9W+C8

Entry Name: 37 Cast Iron Fence Posts Between Bridgeland Street and Bideford Bridge

Listing Date: 19 April 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282939

English Heritage Legacy ID: 375933

ID on this website: 101282939

Location: Bideford, Torridge, Devon, EX39

County: Devon

District: Torridge

Civil Parish: Bideford

Built-Up Area: Bideford

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Bideford St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description



BIDEFORD

SS4526 THE QUAY
842-1/5/232 (East side)
37 cast-iron fence posts between
Bridgeland St and Bideford Bridge

GV II

37 cast-iron fence-posts. Most dated 1847, one 1892. the
remainder undated. Identical in design with tapered octagonal
shafts and moulded caps, the sides panelled; at the top, holes
to carry tubular iron bars (now removed), at the bottom, in
most cases, mountings for rings (nearly all broken off),
presumably intended to carry chains. The 3 posts adjoining the
bridge have holes top and bottom, the section immediately next
to the bridge now having C20 replacement-bars. Most carry an
inscription moulded on one, or occasionally two panels: IRON
FOUNDERS BIDEFORD 1847. Some lack the date or any inscription
at all; the ninth post from the north has the date 1892. The
surface-level of the quay has clearly risen considerably;
probably the founder's name is on the buried sections of the
posts. There is a gap in the centre of the series,
corresponding roughly to the present working quay. The tubular
bars seem to have been added after the widening of the quay in
1899; they were in position by 1905. Photographs of the early
1880s show chains hanging from the tops of the posts.


Listing NGR: SS4549126661

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