Lych gate to Church of St John The Baptist's Churchyard
Church of St John The Baptist', Layhams Road, West Wickham
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1064391
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Lych gate to Church of St John The Baptist's Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St John The Baptist', Layhams Road, West Wickham
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1064391
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Lych gate to Church of St John The Baptist's Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St John The Baptist', Layhams Road, West Wickham
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.
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:
- Church of St John The Baptist', Layhams Road, West Wickham
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Bromley (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ3892164842
Details
785/13/26
WEST WICKHAM
LAYHAMS ROAD
Lych gate to Church of St John The Baptist's Churchyard
28-MAY-54
II*
C15 or early C16 in origin, but aside from the main beam it is wholly renewed.
MATERIALS: timber with tiled roof.
EXTERIOR: late medieval lych gate with a tiled roof supported at each end by a vertical strut and two cross struts resting on a ground plate.
HISTORY: the church was built by Sir Henry Heydon, d. 1504, and the lych gate is probably contemporary in origin. A 1935 measured drawing in the National Monuments Record may be connected with the restoration.
SOURCES: Pevsner, N and Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: London 2: South (1983), 195. Aymer Vallance, `Old Crosses and Lychgates' (1920), 176
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The lych gate of the church of St John, West Wickham, is designated at Grade II* for the following principal reason:
* A rare surviving medieval lych gate, albeit heavily renewed, that is probably contemporary with the late C15 or early C16 church.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 358508
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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