Lych Gate and Coffin Rest at North East Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St Mary
LYCH GATE AND COFFIN REST AT NORTH EAST ENTRANCE TO CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1060511
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate and Coffin Rest at North East Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- LYCH GATE AND COFFIN REST AT NORTH EAST ENTRANCE TO CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY
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- Date:
- 2002-11-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/09406/02
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1060511
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate and Coffin Rest at North East Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- LYCH GATE AND COFFIN REST AT NORTH EAST ENTRANCE TO CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY
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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.
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:
- LYCH GATE AND COFFIN REST AT NORTH EAST ENTRANCE TO CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cheddon Fitzpaine
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 24314 27609
Details
ST22NW CHEDDON FITZPAINE CP
CHEDDON FITZPAINE VILLAGE
5/43 Lych gate and coffin rest at
North-East entrance to
churchyard, Church of St Mary
GV II
Lych gate and coffin rest. Circa 1920. Flat bedded local stone. buttresses, plain clay tile roof. Single storey, one
bay; semi-circular headed archway with voussoirs, barrel vault, slab on entrance front incised with celtic cross,
Wooden gate on entrance front with wrought iron decorative cresting. Interior: coffin rest, flat bedded local stone,
incised slab with a cross of fleur-de-lys. Dedicated as a memorial to the dead of the 1914-18 war, inscribed tablet on
interior East wall. In the style of Sir Edwin Lutyen's work at Hestercoabe (qv) but not atributable to him.
Listing NGR: ST2431427609
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 24 July 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 270552
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 15 December 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/214646
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72666
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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