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
18/11/2005
Date of Amendment
18/11/2005
Name of Property
Lych gate at Church of St John the Baptist
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
To the SE of the church facing the main road through Bettisfield.
History
Built with the church in 1874 by G.E. Street, architect of London.
Exterior
A Gothic Revival lych gate of ashlar walls with tile-hung gables and a steep tile roof with cresting, and with lower outer lean-to roofs. The entrance has roll-moulded jambs and a wooden pointed arch with 2 orders of ovolo moulding. An iron gate is on the outer side. Side walls have narrow unglazed lights.
Inside are pointed-arch recesses to the side walls, with wooden benches.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine Gothic Revival lych gate and an integral component of the parish church.
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