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
22026
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/07/1999
Date of Amendment
20/07/1999
Name of Property
Lychgate to Church of St Cwrdaf
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanwrda
Town
Llanwrda
Locality
Llanwrda
Easting
271230
Northing
231947
Street Side
Location
Situated on E side of A 478 at entry to churchyard of Church of St Cwrdaf.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Lychgate to the parish church dated 1903.
Exterior
Lychgate, open oak framed structure on 2 low rock-faced stone side walls, with slate roof. Walls are returned each end to frame oak bench seats and have chamfered red sandstone coping. Oak gates on W front. Similar detail to timber structure W and E, paired posts each side supporting broad cambered main tie beam, with shield boss to centre and brattishing. Carved spandrel pieces below and open framing above in gable. Roof overhangs with carved brackets under verges.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-constructed timber-framed lychgate, of group value with the parish church and the pound.
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