Gate piers, gates and railings at the Castle Street entrance to St Mary's churchyard, Conwy, Conwy

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2812 / 53°16'52"N

Longitude: -3.8279 / 3°49'40"W

OS Eastings: 278225

OS Northings: 377586

OS Grid: SH782775

Mapcode National: GBR 1ZQH.2H

Mapcode Global: WH654.5SFD

Plus Code: 9C5R75JC+FR

Entry Name: Gate piers, gates and railings at the Castle Street entrance to St Mary's churchyard

Listing Date: 8 October 1981

Last Amended: 5 May 2006

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3265

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300003265

Location: Fronting the street between Nos 12 and 14 Castle Street.

County: Conwy

Town: Conwy

Community: Conwy

Locality: Walled town

Built-Up Area: Conwy

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Churchyard wall Church gate

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History

C19.

Exterior

Square stone gate piers of coursed tooled stone have pyramidal caps of small pieces of crushed limestone imitating flint. They span central double cast iron gates, which have spear finials and arched profile. Outer sides, possibly earlier, have dwarf walls and railings with twisted spear finials of early the C19, similar to the forecourt railings of Nos 23-25 Castle Street of the 1830s.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as C19 gate piers and ironwork in a prominent location that contributes to the historical townscape.

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Gate piers, gates and railings at the Castle Street entrance to St Mary's churchyard

A Grade II Listed Building in Conwy, Conwy