Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4285
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/1971
Date of Amendment
30/03/1999
Name of Property
Lychgate at the Church of St Beuno
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolbenmaen
Town
Dolbenmaen
Locality
Penmorfa
Easting
254152
Northing
340300
Street Side
Location
The church stands at the end of a minor road running WSW from the W end of Penmorfa village. The lychgate is at the E end of the churchyard, standing high above the sunken road.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built, according to an inscription on the W gable, in 1698 for Mrs A M E Jones of Parciau. Some C19 restoration.
Exterior
The gate is set in the churchyard wall. It is built of rubble stonework with a slate roof between coped gables on kneelers. Five external rounded steps raise the path to the through passage, closed externally by boarded timber gates with strap hinges set in an outer rebate, the gateposts rising to a high cross transom and inserted plank arch. Within the passage, timber seats each side. On the SW gable end, a slate carrying an heraldic displayed eagle on a lozenge, and the inscription MRS A M E JONES / O'R PARKIAU A RODD / YR ADEILAD HON / 1698 / PAM OEDD / H JONES RECTOR / W WYNE ESQ R IOHN WADENIED.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a rural lychgate, for which the date of construction is known.
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