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.
Date of Designation
12/03/1999
Date of Amendment
10/02/2004
Name of Property
Lychgate at St Cledwyn's Church
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Location
At the NW entrance to St Cledwyn's churchyard.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Dated 1901 by a memorial tablet.
Exterior
Lych gate of rock-faced stone walls to a timber-framed slate roof, with cambered and castellated tie beams to the outer faces, and wooden gates. On the R side of the entrance is a polished granite panel with the inscription: 'Erected Anno Domini 1901 by numerous friends in this and adjoining counties in memory of Frank F L S Protheroe who after 14 months arduous service as a volunteer in the Pembrokeshire Imperial Yeomanry died at Springfontein May 26 1901[.] Mentioned in despatches by Karl Roberts'.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with St Cledwyn's Church and the archway to Dolwilym.
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