Description

MODBURY NEW ROAD
SX 6451-6551
(west side)
7/151
Gateway in wall adjacent
to Woodturners

II

Isolated gateway in length of boundary wall. Arch C16 or C17, probably built in
present position early C19. Granite surround, rubble wall. Opening has granite
surround with roll mould, set flush to wall face, and carried to basket-handle
head, but with separate projecting keystone; contains a C20 door in C17 plank
form, but with early hinges. Door is set down from adjacent road surface. Set
in stretch of rubble wall to saddle-back coping about 2.25 metres from road
surface, but higher on garden side, and extending about 1.5 metres either side
of opening to straight joints in masonry. Steps down within. Door gave access
to Poundwell House (qv) and, like many fragments in Modbury, may have been
obtained from the demolition of Champernowne House.

Listing NGR: SX6581351483

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610709

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