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
25/04/2002
Date of Amendment
25/04/2002
Name of Property
Lychgate at Church of St Michael
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith
Locality
Michaelston-le-Pit
Location
Forming the churchyard entrance NE of the church.
Broad Class
Commemorative
History
Commemorates local soldiers killed in First World War. Dedicated in 1920.
Exterior
Lychgate which incorporates a war memorial. Main structure of unstained oak. The base or plinth is a stepped-up extension of the churchyard wall, with narrow wooden double gates with pierced lancets and quatrefoils, long decorative hinges and moulded and swept top rail. Gabled roof is slate covered with deeply overhanging sprocketed eaves, Tudor-arched main doorway, flanked by similar pierced lancets enriched by carved bunches of grapes on upper corners; inscription from St John's gospel over the lintel and further inscription on the crossed timbers attached to the boarded gable which is pierced by quatrefoils to side and a cross in apex. Side walls comprise panels of pierced lancets and quatrefoils divided by plain battered panels. W gable end is similar to E but with 7 quatrefoils above in place of the inscription.
Interior
Inside the porch are panelled pews against the side walls. A metal plaque commemorates the dead of the First World War.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine small timber building; group value with the church.
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