Lych Gate and Coffin Rest at Approximately South of Church of Saint Gothian
LYCH GATE AND COFFIN REST AT APPROXIMATELY SOUTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT GOTHIAN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1143700
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jan-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate and Coffin Rest at Approximately South of Church of Saint Gothian
- Statutory Address:
- LYCH GATE AND COFFIN REST AT APPROXIMATELY SOUTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT GOTHIAN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1143700
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jan-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate and Coffin Rest at Approximately South of Church of Saint Gothian
- Statutory Address 1:
- LYCH GATE AND COFFIN REST AT APPROXIMATELY SOUTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT GOTHIAN
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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:
- LYCH GATE AND COFFIN REST AT APPROXIMATELY SOUTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT GOTHIAN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Gwinear-Gwithian
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 58621 41229
Details
GWINEAR-GWITHIAN GWITHIAN CHURCHTOWN SW 54 SE 1/37 Lych gate and coffin rest at - approximately south of Church of Saint Gothian
GV II Lych gate and coffin rest. C13 tomb slab used as coffin rest ; the lych gate was built circa 1865-7 by Edmund Sedding incorporating C15 piers and arches from the former south arcade of the church. Granite rubble with granite dressings. Dry Delabole slate roof with projecting verges and eaves. Plan: Grid stile with thick side walls incorporating C15 piers as responds to an arched doorway at front and rear of the building. The coffin rest is just outside of the lych gate in the middle of the path towards the south porch of the church. Exterior: buttressed abutments to the front and rear 4-centred arches. C15 standard A (Pevsner) piers as responds to the arches. Projecting wavy-edged barge boards over exposed king post roof structure. Sources: Gwithian, by Charles Thomas, 1964.
Listing NGR: SW5862141229
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 70131
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Thomas, C, Gwithian, (1964)
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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