Boundary wall and two archways to west and south sides of churchyard of Church of All Saints

Heritage listing

Details WIGAN SD5805NW WALLGATE 24-1/7/107 (West side (off)) 11/07/83 Boundary wall & 2 archways to W & S sides of churchyard of Church of All Saints (Formerly Listed as: WALLGATE, Wigan Town Centre (West side (off)) Railings bounding churchyard of All Saints along King Street West..) GV II Includes: Boundary wall & 2 archways to W & S sides of churchyard of Church of All Saints KING STREET WEST. Includes: Boundary wall & 2 archways to W & S sides of churchyard of Church of All Saints CRAWFORD STREET. Boundary wall to churchyard, with 2 archways and some railings. Archway to west of church probably late C15 or early C16; the rest probably later C19. Coursed squared sandstone; cast-iron railings. The archway west of the church has chamfered piers with buttresses, a moulded depressed arch with a hood-mould which has square stops and a C20 finial cross; and a 2-stage hipped and pitched cavetto-moulded parapet. The boundary wall attached to this, curved round to Crawford Street, is approximately 1-2m high with 16 ramps down the slope; former railings to this wall removed. At the curved south corner to King Street West is a C19 archway copying the other (but with a flight of steps on the inner side rising to church gardens). Beyond this archway the wall follows King Street West as far as the former Reform Club building, where it makes a re-entrant turn behind that building and towards the church, the whole of this length being approximately 3m high, with 3 ramps to King Street West, and surmounted by cast-iron railings matching those which enclose the church. Forms group with Church of All Saints (qv). Listing NGR: SD5806505618 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 484992 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.