Lych Gate and Mounting Block South West of Church of St Maddern
LYCH GATE AND MOUNTING BLOCK SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MADDERN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1327280
- Date first listed:
- 07-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate and Mounting Block South West of Church of St Maddern
- Statutory Address:
- LYCH GATE AND MOUNTING BLOCK SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MADDERN
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1327280
- Date first listed:
- 07-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Lych Gate and Mounting Block South West of Church of St Maddern
- Statutory Address 1:
- LYCH GATE AND MOUNTING BLOCK SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MADDERN
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 MOUNTING BLOCK SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MADDERN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Madron
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 45326 31785
Details
MADRON MADRON
SW 43 SE
7/160 Lych gate and mounting block
- south west of Church of St Maddern
GV II
Lych gate over style and mounting block. Circa 1903. Built as war memorial
to those who died in the Boer War (1899-1902). Granite ashlar side walls, dressed
granite steps, stile and mounting block. Oak roof structure with open gable
ends carried on paired shaped oak corbels. Dry slate roof.
Rectangular-plan stile with steps at the front, mounting block adjoining at
the right and straight side walls carrying the roof.
The roof structure has 2 trusses with tie beams and crown posts with arched
bracing.
Listing NGR: SW4532631784
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 13 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 70513
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 13/12/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26322
War Memorials Online, accessed 13/12/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97859
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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