Old Sodbury Memorial Lychgate

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A churchyard lych gate, constructed c.1920 of oak on a stone plinth, with a tiled roof. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1424738
Date first listed:: 04-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Old Sodbury Memorial Lychgate

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1424738
Date first listed:: 04-Mar-2015
List Entry Name:: Old Sodbury Memorial Lychgate
Location Description:: St John The Baptist Church, Church Lane, Old Sodbury, BS37 6NB

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

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District:: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Sodbury
National Grid Reference:: ST7560581771

Summary

A churchyard lych gate, constructed c.1920 of oak on a stone plinth, with a tiled roof.

Reasons for Designation

Old Sodbury Memorial Lych Gate, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the simple form of a churchyard lych gate; * Group value: with the Church of St John Baptist, Old Sodbury (Grade II*).

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was Old Sodbury Memorial Lych Gate. The lych gate was unveiled in a ceremony in 1920.

Details

A churchyard lych gate, constructed c.1920 of oak on a stone plinth, with a tiled roof. The building is rectangular with gables to its east and west fronts.

The oak frame has corner posts which have chamfered corners and which rest on the plinth of coursed stone. There are two bays to each side, with arched braces to the top of each. The east and west fronts have trusses with a slender tie beam, above which are queen posts, supporting a collar. The collar in turn supports the single purlin at each side. To the lower body are a pair of gates to the east side and to the south and joined to the lych gate is a single, pedestrian gate. These gates appear to have been renewed, as have the screens of timber uprights at either side of the lower flank walls, which form backs to the benches set at each side.

The eastern tie beam bears an inscription on its east side ‘LEST WE FORGET / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE’. The west gable is inscribed ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918’. Sixteen names of the fallen are recorded on the flanks. To the west side of the eastern truss is the inscription ‘THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945’ together with the four names of the fallen from the second world war.

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, 11 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/219898
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/46204

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.