Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24489
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/01/2001
Date of Amendment
12/01/2001
Name of Property
Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Margaret Marloes
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Eglwyscummin
Town
Whitland
Locality
Eglwyscummin
Easting
223083
Northing
210628
Street Side
Location
Situated at the entrance to the churchyard on the N side of the B4314, some 2.5km SE of Rhos-goch.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Margaret Marloes, erected in 1930 as a memorial to Walter Lloyd of East Pool farm.
Exterior
Lychgate, oak frame on grey limestone side walls with slate roof. Side walls are built into churchyard encircling bank, with raised piers on inner faces for timber gates (replaced to different design in August 2000). W side plaque 'Erected by Mrs Morson to her parents 1930'. E side incorporates a rounded boulder stone. Oak frame has open timber framing each side, vertical studs with mid-rail. Three tie-beams with cambered top sides, outer ones carrying timber framing of end gables, vertical studs and cross motif to centre. Overhanging verges with bargeboards. Shaped brackets under front and back trusses.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-designed oak lychgate at the entry to a circular Celtic churchyard, of group value with the church.
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