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
20203
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Lychgate outside Church of St Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Chirk
Easting
329119
Northing
337626
Street Side
E
Location
The lychgate provides the entrance through the churchyard wall on the W side of the churchyard, leading off a small paved square.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The lychgate was erected in 1923 to the design of E Tyrrel Green of Lampeter College to commemorate Surgeon Lt Col John D Lloyd, MBE, Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
Exterior
Open timber framed superstructure on Cefn stone side walls, and stone slab roofing slates and ridge. Each side is framed, of 4 panels each with a trefoiled head, the moulded top plate extending at each end and supported by long curved braces from low steps in the side walls. Simple framing in each gable apex. Central tie beam truss, with a pair of gates below. Cross central to the roof.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-designed lychgate, and a significant feature at the centre of the town conservation area. Of group value with the Church of St Mary.
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