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
13943
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/10/1977
Date of Amendment
31/08/2000
Name of Property
Lychgate to St Mellons Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Old St. Mellons
Town
Cardiff
Locality
St Mellons
Easting
322927
Northing
181447
Street Side
W
Location
Situated by the road at the entrance to a drive which leads uphill to church, churchyard and other buildings including Church Lodge and other dwellings.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Late C19- to early C20.
Exterior
Lychgate at entry to Church Lane. Timber-framed with slate gabled roof side-on to road, red tile ridge and elaborate crowning metal cruciform finial; supported at each end by tall wooden posts with shaped braces; stone plinth. Interior of roof is boarded and the thick rafters are scalloped at ends. Two wood-framed gates, each 3 panels wide and 2 deep, of open cusped wooden panelling to the upper row and of metalwork below, long metal hinges. Lock rails of gates have continuous inscription on E side: "Arglwydd par i mi wybod, fi niwedd, a pheth yw mesur/fy nyddiau, fel y gwypwyf o ba oedran y byddaf fi;" W side inscribed with translation : "Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure/of my days, what it is , that I may know how frail I am" (Psalm 39, v 4). Similar smaller pedestrian gates either side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-designed lychgate for group value with the church and other listed items in the churchyard.
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