Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
10994
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
26/02/1981  
Date of Amendment
18/06/2004  
Name of Property
Lychgate and N gate to churchyard of Church of St Dingat  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Llandovery  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
276402  
Northing
234114  
Street Side
W  
Location
Situated with lychgate at main N entrance to churchyard and pedestrian gate to right.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Lychgate given by C Bishop of Cwm Rhuddan to commemorate 50 years of marriage in 1918, adjoining earlier C19 small pedestrian gate.  

Exterior
Lychgate, timber open structure with slate roof on base walls of crazed red rubble stone with ashlar dressings. Flanking low walls have chamfered ashlar top and ashlar ends and inner gatepiers with quoins and chamfered heavy caps. Double timber gates each of 6 panels, 3 open. Four sandstone bench seats. Plaque of 1918 on right wall. Upper part has square oak framing with arched braces to cambered tie-beams with posts above, the centre post with arms to form cross in gable. Plain bargeboards, swept eaves. To right, rubble stone low wall curves to plain iron 'kissing gate' with dog bars and wrought iron spearheads contained between stone piers with pyramid caps.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as early C19 churchyard entry with wrought iron gate and early C20 large Gothic timber lychgate, both of group value with the parish church.  

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