Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5633 BEAR STREET
684-1/3/21 (North side)
Gate piers and gates to Barnstaple
Cemetery

GV II

Gate piers and gates. 1856. To the designs of RD Gould
(Brooks). Piers local stone with granite ashlar dressings.
Cast-iron gates and one cast-iron pier. Gothic Revival style.
Pedestrian gate to the left with carriage gates to the right.
Square section piers with battered bases below a stout granite
string, chamfered corners and 4 gables, each with a blind
trefoil. Pedestrian gate to the left. Pair of carriage gates
to the right, the left hand gate hung off a square section
cast-iron piers (stamped `? & Petters, Barnstaple founders')
with a shallow pyramidal cap and sunk panels on each side. The
matching gates have intersecting Gothic arches above and below
the dog rail, which is a frieze of quatrefoils. curved top
rail with fleur-de-lys finials.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Barnstaple cemetery was established by the
Barnstaple Burial Board in 1856. RD Gould was the town
surveyor.
(Brooks C: Mortal Remains: Exeter: 1989-: 119).

Listing NGR: SS5666633328

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664808

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