Lychgate Approximately 25 Metres to North of Church of St George
LYCHGATE APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES TO NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1054471
- Date first listed:
- 21-Mar-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Lychgate Approximately 25 Metres to North of Church of St George
- Statutory Address:
- LYCHGATE APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES TO NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1054471
- Date first listed:
- 21-Mar-1968
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Jun-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Lychgate Approximately 25 Metres to North of Church of St George
- Statutory Address 1:
- LYCHGATE APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES TO NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, CHURCH STREET
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LYCHGATE APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES TO NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Clun
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 30038 80617
Details
SO 3080-3180 CLUN C.P. CHURCH STREET (South side)
15/83 Lychgate approximately 25 21.3.68 metres to North of Church of St. George [formerly listed as Churchyard porch (Church of St George)]
GV II
Lychgate. 1723 (churchwardens' accounts), dismantled 1841, re- erected in circa 1881 and restored 1956. Timber framed on low coursed limestone rubble walls; graded stone slate roof, gabled on all sides with circa 1881 moulded barge boards and finials. Square plan. Framing: close studded sides with central rail, blocked below and open above; large curved arch - braces to entrances at North and South; trusses in gables with vertical struts to collar and quatre- foiled panels, Central pair of circa 1881 wooden gates. After its dismantling in 1841 it was re-erected at the gateway to Handcauseway (Cf . Cranage) before being returned to its original location in about 1881. Despite restoration in 1956, it is included as a faithful copy and for group value. Cranage, Vol. 5, P.442-4; Brief notes on St, George's Church, Clun; N.M.R.
Listing NGR: SO3003880617
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 257180
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cranage, DHS, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, (1908), 442-4
Other
Brief Notes on St Georges Church Clun,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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