Churchyard Walls and Railings Surrounding Church of St Martin in Fields on N, S, E and W S London, England
Listed Building Data
Churchyard Walls and Railings Surrounding Church of St Martin in Fields on N, S, E and W S has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1066237
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 1 December 1987
- Name
- CHURCHYARD WALLS AND RAILINGS SURROUNDING CHURCH OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS ON NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST SIDES
- Location
- CHURCHYARD WALLS AND RAILINGS SURROUNDING CHURCH OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS ON NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST SIDES, TRAFALGAR SQUARE WC2
- District
- City of Westminster
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 30118 80567
- Easting
- 530118.2490
- Northing
- 180566.7840
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
In the entry for; 72/136 TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WC2 Churchyard walls and railings to Church of St Martin-in-The- Fields The address and description shall be amended to read; TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WC2 Churchyard walls and railings surrounding Church of St Martin- in-the-Fields on North, South, East and West sides Churchyard railings. Railings between columns of portico of c1726; the other churchyard railings are exact copies of c1830, by the London ironfounders Cottam and Hallen and cast to the pattern already used for the railings of c1726. Fine iron railings set on Portland stone wall with segmental coping. Closely- spaced "turned baluster" pattern with cross rails and cone and ball finials. The railings of c1726 are shown in an engraving by R West of 1738; the railings of c1830 were erected to surround the new churchyard created by Nash's West Strand Improvements which included the construction of Duncannon Street to the south.
TQ 3080 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WC2 72/136 Churchyard Walls and railings to Church of St Martin-in-the- Fields G.V. I Churchyard railings. c1726. Fine original iron railings on Portland stone wall with segmental coping. Closely spaced "turned baluster" pattern with cross rails and cone and ball finials.
Listing NGR: TQ3011880567
