Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25742
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/09/2001
Date of Amendment
12/09/2001
Name of Property
Lychgate at Christ Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Prestatyn
Town
Locality
Prestatyn
Easting
306681
Northing
382783
Street Side
E
Location
At entrance to Christ Church graveyard.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably contemporary with and by the same architect as the first phase of Christ Church, which was completed in 1863 to the design of T H Wyatt.
Exterior
Lychgate built into the west wall of Christ Churchyard facing High Street but set back behind an area paved in modern bricks. It consists of a timber superstructure on corbels projecting from the faces of side walls of local limestone, with a double hipped slate roof and a ridge of decorative crest tiles. The side walls have buttresses to front and rear with offsets coped in freestone. Modern steel gates.
Interior
Reason for designation
A modestly designed lychgate contemporary with Christ Church and providing a picturesque entry to the churchyard, and of group value with the church.
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