Listed Building: FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND BOUNDARY WALL (467267)

WEYMOUTH SY6878NW BARRACK ROAD 873-1/24/13 (North side) Friends' Burial Ground, boundary walls II Boundary walls enclosing burial ground. Established on this site in 1713, some walls of late C18 or C19. A roughly rectangular area extending approx 42m x 27m, with an entrance centrally in the walling to Barrack Road. The area has been cleared of headstones, but a few remain near the NW boundary of the Ground. To Barrack Road the walls are in squared Portland rubble, backed with brickwork, to a saddle-back coping at approx 1.8m, following the slope of the road. At the centre is a pair of square brick piers in English bond, with pyramidal stone cappings and a flush stone band at mid height. They carry a shaped, stepped Portland stone lintel, inscribed in capitals : FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND. This is also backed in brickwork, carried on a cast-iron angel. At the right end the wall stops to Nothe Tavern (not included), and at the left to the former Guardhouse to the Barracks (not included); at this point also is one of 3 boundary markers, in stone, with G-WD and upright arrow-head, and 1889. The south boundary, and the first approx 20m of the return towards the N are in late C20 brickwork; this latter run has a stone boundary marker at each end, to the S marked WD-arrow-F, to the N with WD-arrow-E. The remaining W boundary, set back a short distance from the brick wall, is in Portland rubble to saddle-back coping at approx 1.5m from the surface (which is much higher on this side than outside.) The wall returns across about two-thirds of the width of the Burial Ground adjacent to Nothe Tavern, but on this side was considerably overgrown at time of survey. This is now an area of public open space, but has continuing historical interest. The space was used, until 1834, by other Dissenters. The Friends' Chapel was a converted building in St Thomas Street, demolished after 1858 (RCHME). (RCHME: Dorset: South-East: London: 1970-: 336). Listing NGR: SY6821678631

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