Lychgate to Churchyard
LYCHGATE TO CHURCHYARD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1106923
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1987
- Statutory Address:
- LYCHGATE TO CHURCHYARD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1106923
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- LYCHGATE TO CHURCHYARD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LYCHGATE TO CHURCHYARD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Huntsham
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 00140 20426
Details
ST 02 SW HUNTSHAM HUNTSHAM
7/92 Lychgate to churchyard -
GV II
Lychgate. 1854-8 for A.H.D. Troyte of Huntsham Court, patron of the living. Timber ends with a gableted slate roof with sprocketted eaves; pair of timber gates. Described as "similar" to the medieval lych gate at Beckenham in Kent (TEDAS) which was probably the model for the design. Openwork timber ends, each with a stout post with 2 upward curving braces, springing from the post, all chamfered and stopped. These braces are intersected by a pair of downward curving braces which extend from the top of each post to a sole plate. Deep slate roof with sweeping sprocketted eaves over ornamental pitched stone paving. Sturdy timber gates with moulded finials to the standards and diagonal bracing; pivoting S-shaped iron clasp. A.H.D. Troyte enlarged the churchyard in 1854, the lychgate is a particularly bold and impressive design.
Hughes, J.R., "The Restoration of Huntsham Church,"Transations of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, VI, (1861), 220-230.
Listing NGR: ST0014020426
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 96737
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Transactions of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society in Transactions of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, Vol. 6, (1861), 220-230
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