Description

ST52NE
3/13

BABCARY CP
CHURCH STREET (West side)

South-east gateway, east boundary wall and gateway to churchyard, Church of the Holy Cross

GV II

Gateway and boundary wall. Mostly C19. Lias stone cut and squared, with Doulting copings and caps: cast iron gates and
railings. Wall averages 1.5 m high; square plan piers to gateway with plain bell-hip caps. Gates have spikes to centre
rail and fleur-de-lys finials: south-east gateway has wrot iron overthrow with a gas/oil lantern, now electrified of
which one glass pane commemorates coronation of Edward VII, 26 June 1902. South-east corner has a drop in wall with
cast iron railings to match gate: overthrow to east gateway has lamp missing. The whole has considerable group value
with Church of the Holy Cross (qv) and importance in the street scene.

Listing NGR: ST5617028749

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540637

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)