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
19689
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/04/1998
Date of Amendment
22/04/1998
Name of Property
Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Tysilio
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llantysilio
Town
Llangollen
Locality
Llantysilio
Easting
319429
Northing
343578
Street Side
SW
Location
The lychgate stands at the corner of the churchyard, and is reached by a short drive from the road from Pentrefelin to Rhewl.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Erected c1870 to provide a dignified entrance to the small parish church.
Exterior
Built of dark local rubble stone with sandstone quoins and copings, the upper section of timber framing and the roof covering of Welsh slate. The parallel side walls have chamfered copings, that on the E stepped down and continued as the churchyard wall. The framing is of 2 bays; arch-braced and cusped; rising from the sill plates to a brattished wall plate each side. Trusses with three tiers of arch-braced collars, the lowest collars moulded with the centre dropped as a cage terminal. Slightly cusped wind braces. The wall plate is cantilevered out both ends and braced to carry the outer rafters and bargeboards. Terminal gable crosses.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine and typical C19 lychgate of group value with the church and churchyard monuments at Llantysilio.
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