Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23991
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/09/2000
Date of Amendment
19/09/2000
Name of Property
Lychgate to Church of St Cynwyl
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Cynwyl Elfed
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Cynwyl Elfed
Easting
237352
Northing
227506
Street Side
Location
Situated at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Cynwyl, near the centre of Cynwyl Elfed village NE of Pont Cynwyl.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
C19 timber lychgate by J P Seddon as part of the restoration of 1876-7.
Exterior
Lychgate, painted oak with slate hipped roof. Two square posts with arch-braces on 4 sides: those E and W carry cross-beams with moulded ends, longer outer ones carry roof hip, and inner ones carry roof ridge. Posts above cross-beams up to ridge. Diagonal boarding under slates, shaped rafter ends. Two iron gates with spearhead rails and dog-bars. Crested clay ridge tiles.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual piece of High Victorian timber design by a leading Victorian architect, and as part of a group with the church.
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