Lych Gate, Bridge and Retaining Wall to Churchyard at Church of St Mary
LYCH GATE, BRIDGE AND RETAINING WALL TO CHURCHYARD AT CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176674
- Date first listed:
- 20-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate, Bridge and Retaining Wall to Churchyard at Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- LYCH GATE, BRIDGE AND RETAINING WALL TO CHURCHYARD AT CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176674
- Date first listed:
- 20-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate, Bridge and Retaining Wall to Churchyard at Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- LYCH GATE, BRIDGE AND RETAINING WALL TO CHURCHYARD AT CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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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:
- LYCH GATE, BRIDGE AND RETAINING WALL TO CHURCHYARD AT CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bayford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 30960 08813
Details
TL 3008 BAYFORD CHURCH LANE (West side)
5/18 Lych Gate, Bridge and - Retaining Wall to churchyard at Church of St. Mary
GV II
Lych gate, bridge and retaining wall. 1870-71 by Henry Woodyer as outworks of St. Mary's Church he built for William Robert Baker of Bayfordbury (q.v.). Oak frame, Kentish ragstone bridge and sidewalls, wall of alternate bands of Kentish ragstone and red brick, hipped and gabletted roof of red tile with wrought iron foliate cross on top. A small square lych gate raised on the low parapets of the bridge over the ha ha with banded retaining wall which was constructed as the new boundary to the churchyard extended to SE and SW when the new church was built to the S of the former church. 4 posts on sill beams N-S with convex quadrant bracing to sill and arched bracing to wallplates N-S and to 2 tie-beams E-W extending beyond wallplates with support from outer braces from posts. Single-bay crown-post roof with square posts and axial curved braces. Pierced boarding infill of gablets similar to gabled vents in church roof. Ragstone infill wall between side-posts and simple double gate. Special brick-on-edge red coping to retaining wall. Pointed arch to watercourse under bridge.
Listing NGR: TL3096008813
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 160626
- 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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