Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24062
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/10/2000
Date of Amendment
10/10/2000
Name of Property
Lychgate at the Church of St Tewdric
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Mathern
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Mathern
Easting
352347
Northing
190890
Street Side
Location
In the centre of Mathern village about 50m north east of the Church of St Tewdric.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
A probably late C19 lych-gate with no inscription.
Exterior
A traditional lych-gate, constructed of stone and oak with a tiled roof. The side walls are of coursed squared white limestone rubble with red sandstone ashlar to the ends and coping. These walls each carry an oak plate supporting three posts carrying arch braced collar beams. The collars are cranked and brattished and carry king-posts which support the steeply pitched roof, which has elaborately carved bargeboards and serrated ridge tiles.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well designed and constructed lych-gate having group value with the important nearby Church of St Tewdric.
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