Mechanical Gate
Gazetteer No. G0713
Date
Address St Andrew’s Church Mells, Somerset BA11 3PW England
Description
Wall incorporating mechanical gate and store. Wall and store C18. Doulting rubble. Wall with weathered coping forms boundary being ramped irregularly from one metre on east side to 3 metres on west side; which has 2 doorways, one round arched, one Tudor arched; northern section contains mechanical gate of circa 1920 by Sir Edwin Lutyens, contiguous dressed stone supports, each have a recessed post inclined at 70 degrees to accept a second pair of moveable wooden posts which are hinged at their base forming a “V”; when upright they prevent ingress or egress; left post has locking mechanism. Detached post to north with horizontally set plank. Store at south-west corner is a low rectangular building with plain tile roof, Tudor arch door opening to west. (Historic England, list entry 1058350)Bibliography
Historic England. CHURCHYARD BOUNDARY WALL OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW INCORPORATING A MECHANICAL GTE AND A STORE. [Online] Available from: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058350Also Cited In
Listing Grade
IIListing Reference
1058350Client
