York Historic Environment Record

YORK SE6051NE WALMGATE 1112-1/17/1176 (North East side) 24/06/83 Gate approx 100 metres south-west of St Margaret's Church (Formerly Listed as: WALMGATE Gates & standards to Churchyard of St Margaret's w. St Peter-le-Willows Church) GV II Pair of gates, gate piers and overthrow to churchyard of St Margaret's church (qv). 1851-52, restored 1993. By John Walker of the Walker Ironfoundry. Cast-iron. Gates of turned railings with conical finials incorporate bands of Greek key motif. Openwork gate piers, approximately 2.50 metres high, rectangular on plan, of diagonal crossed bars and bands of Greek key, have flat cornice caps. Squat twisted balusters support flat overthrow, cast with the words: "TO ST MARGARET'S CHURCH". (York Historian: Malden J: The Walker Ironfoundry, York, c.1825-1923: York: 1976-: 43). Listing NGR: SE6090251522