MEM22340 - Gateway to St Mary's Churchyard, Church Hill, Lynton (Building)

Gate piers and gates. c1900. Sandstone piers, wooden gates. A pair of plain piers approx 0.6m square, with small plinth and flat cappings on a moulded edge, containing a pair of plank gates with scrolled top rails. Each gate has 4 vertical panels with fine Art Nouveau carvings in enriched surrounds. At the time of survey the right-hand gate had a broken top (scroll) rail. The gates are hung to the original blacksmith's hinges, and are similar to, although more ornate than corresponding gates to the S porch of Church of St Mary (qv), and the S gateway (qv). They all form a valuable enhancement to the Arts and Crafts rebuilding of this church. [1] At the time of the Conservation Area Character Appraisal in 2002, the gates had been dismantled or damaged. The gateway and gates date from c.1900 and has a small plinth and flat copings on a moulded edge. The gateway is described as having timber gates of related design with Art Nouveau carvings, and the listing details mention that “they all form a valuable enhancement to the Arts and Crafts rebuilding of the church,” but were removed at the time of survey. [2] The gateway was visited in April 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. It received a BAR score of 3A. [3] The entrance is mentioned in the 2019 Conservation Area Appraisal for Lynton. [4]