Survey Data
Reg No
11814115
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1800 - 1830
Coordinates
289344, 219758
Date Recorded
23/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Graveyard with various wrought iron grave markers, c.1800-present, and one cut-stone marker. Detached five-bay single-storey rubble stone building, c.1800, to north with two-bay single-storey lower end bay to left (west). Renovated, c.1840, with recessed niches inserted containing statuary. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Lancet-arch recessed niches inserted, c.1840, containing statuary. Trefoil window in cut-stone surround. Fixed-pane fitting. Rubble stone boundary wall, c.1800, to site on a U-shaped plan. Renovated, c.1840, with lancet-arch opening inserted approached by flight of steps having cut-stone voussoirs, crow-stepped parapet and wrought iron gate.
Appraisal
This graveyard is of considerable social interest, having been established for the internment of deceased nuns of the nearby convent. The graveyard forms and picturesque feature in the grounds shared with the Catholic church and convent, and is entered through an attractive gateway containing an early iron gate. The grave markers, which are good examples of early surviving iron work, are of some artistic value, as are the various items of statuary to the walls of the building to the north, and to the boundary wall.