Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26157
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2002
Date of Amendment
31/01/2002
Name of Property
Lych Gate with attached Churchyard Walls at the Church of St Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Halkyn
Town
Holywell
Locality
Halkyn
Easting
320892
Northing
371158
Street Side
Location
The lych gate is on the W side of the church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably 1877 and contemporary with the church.
Exterior
The lych gate has dwarf walls of snecked stone supporting open timber-framed sides of 2 arched bays. The bell-cast roof is supported by cambered tie beams (with inscription from Psalms to the W side) with king post and curving struts. The roof projects forward from the tie beams on brackets. The slate roof has cusped bargeboards. In the centre are double wooden gates.
The lych gate is within a semi-circular recess to the W boundary wall of the churchyard. The attached walls define the W and S sides of the chuchyard, and are of rubble stone with saddleback coping.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed lych gate and for the important contribution of lych gate and walls to the setting of the church.
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