Lych Gate and Pedestrian Gate to the Church of St John the Baptist
LYCH GATE AND PEDESTRIAN GATE TO THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298315
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate and Pedestrian Gate to the Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- LYCH GATE AND PEDESTRIAN GATE TO THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/06366/29
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298315
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate and Pedestrian Gate to the Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- LYCH GATE AND PEDESTRIAN GATE TO THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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:
- LYCH GATE AND PEDESTRIAN GATE TO THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Torbay (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 88602 60848
Details
PAIGNTON
SX8860 CHURCH STREET 1947-1/5/18 (South side) Lych gate and pedestrian gate to the Church of St John the Baptist
GV II
Lych gate. Late C19. Lychgate constructed of local grey limestone with red sandstone dressings; gableted slate roof of ornamentally-cut slates; crested ridge tiles. Pedestrian gateway alongside built of local grey limestone with Ham Hill dressings. Timber gates. PLAN: Lychgate at NW corner of the churchyard with pedestrian gate alongside to the S. EXTERIOR: Lychgate consists of 2 large buttress-like piers with coped set-offs and gabled tops. Upward-curving timber brackets spring from the set-offs to support the roof. Common rafter roof with diagonal boarding behind the rafters. Crested ridge tiles include terracotta cross in the centre and foliage crests to left and right. Pair of simple openwork timber gates with trefoil-headed panels above the middle rail filled with iron stanchions and crosspieces. The pedestrian gateway alongside is ogival on plan and attached to a short section of contemporary walling. The wall has a Ham Hill stone plinth and steep Ham Hill coping and the two ends terminate in piers, one retaining a crocketed Ham Hill stone finial. Simple openwork gate with ogival-headed panels above the middle rail.
Listing NGR: SX8860260847
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383785
- 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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