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
22315
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/09/1999
Date of Amendment
16/09/1999
Name of Property
Lychgate at St Tudor's Church Mynyddislwyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Ynysddu
Town
Locality
Mynyddislwyn
Easting
319350
Northing
193960
Street Side
Location
On the N side of the churchyard adjacent to the Church Inn, forming the main entrance to the walled churchyard.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably contemporary with the rebuilding work on the church c 1820.
Exterior
Lychgate is a symmetrical almost square building of tooled stone and coursed rubble with a pyramidal tiled roof and overhanging eaves; eilliptical archways with voussoirs and a string course at impost level; iron gates with roundel motif. Service board attached to front.
Interior
Stone benches are on either side of the wall.
Reason for designation
An unusually well-designed lychgate which has group value with the church.
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