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
769
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/1966
Date of Amendment
19/05/2001
Name of Property
Lychgate at St Cynfarch and St Mary's Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Town
Locality
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Easting
313453
Northing
355445
Street Side
Location
At the south entrance to St Cynfarch and St Mary's churchyard.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built in 1708, restored in 1938.
Exterior
A lightly-built timber-framed lychgate with slate roof and low plinth walls each side in stone. The structure carries the date 1708 on each face. To the north is the wording 'Heb Dduw, heb ddim' and to the south the initials EP, IR, IP and IE.
The tie beams at front and rear are supported on arched braces, giving a four-centred soffit to each. Above are curved struts. The sides are two panels high by six in length, the upper panels with vertical timber bars.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a late example of a timber framed lychgate, and for group value with the Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary.
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