Description

SS 21 SE KILKHAMPTON KILKHAMPTON

4/19 Churchyard gate about 18 metres
- east of the Church of
St James
- II

Gate and gate piers. Mid C19. Single leaf pedestrian wrought iron gate of 8
uprights equally spaced between a perimeter frame with a middle rail. Top rail
bowed with 9 spike finials. 2 semicircular hoops join at the middle rail. Three-
quarter length intermediate verticals with spear finials. Gate piers of square
section are coped with ovolo-moulded stones said to have come from Stowe, built
1679, demolished 1739. In 1739 the Kilkhampton Churchwardens purchased 36 feet of
coping stone at 6d per foot from Stowe. Michael Trinick, 'The Great House of
Stowe'; Journal of the Royal Institute of Cornwall, New Series, vol VIII, part 2,
1974, pp.90-108, p.97. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SS2529411350

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613894

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014