Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21522
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1999
Date of Amendment
30/03/1999
Name of Property
Lychgate to the Church of St Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolbenmaen
Town
Dolbenmaen
Locality
Dolbenmaen
Easting
250668
Northing
343118
Street Side
NE
Location
The lychgate stands across the angle of the cut off corner of the main Tremadoc to Caernarfon road, and the Cwm Pennant road.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The building was, according to a built-in panel, built in 1847 for the Revd G Owen MA, perhaps replacing an earlier one of 1747.
Exterior
Built of local rubble stonework, with a slate roof. The structure is in the form of a broad gable over a narrow passage between two low store rooms, probably originally for a bier and gravedigger's equipment. The outward facing pointed arch contains iron gates. To either side, double boarded timber doors inserted beneath monolithic stone lintels. The facade continues both sides as the churchyard wall.
Interior
The passageway is high, with exposed rafters, and without a rear gate. The internal walls are rendered, but cutaway panels expose two inscribed stones, one recording the building in 1847 by Revd G Owen MA, the other reading WE HR WARDns / 1747.
Reason for designation
Included as an interesting and ingenious design, and of group value with the Church of St Mary.
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