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
24453
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/12/2000
Date of Amendment
12/12/2000
Name of Property
Lychgate at Church of St Eleth
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Amlwch
Town
Amlwch
Locality
Amlwch
Easting
244196
Northing
392942
Street Side
E
Location
Forming the main W entrance to the irregularly shaped churchyard of the Church of St. Eleth; located on the E side of Queen Street in the centre of the town of Amlwch.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably early C19, built in Classical style during a period of growth in the heart of the town of Amlwch; may be contemporary with the Dinorben Arms Hotel, located on the opposite side of this, the main street in the town.
Exterior
Early C19 lychgate built of rubble masonry with dressed limestone coping and voussoirs to the wide, shallow cambered, chamfered arch. Sides are raking and stepped up to the stepped dressed stone capping. Wide entrance hung with double gates of alternate short and tall vertical rails with arrowhead finials.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a good early C19 lychgate, of characteristic local type, which forms a group with the adjacent Church of St Eleth.
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