Summary
A lychgate of c.1846, attributed to AWN Pugin.
Reasons for Designation
The lychgate at the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady and St Alphonsus, of 1846 and attributed to Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Architect: the lychgate is attributed to AWN Pugin, one of the leading architects of the Gothic Revival;
* Design interest: the lychgate is a well-composed and well-executed design,
* Group value: it has good group value with the church (Grade II*) and presbytery Grade II), which form its backdrop.
History
The Blackmore Estate near Hanley Swan had been in the hands of the Hornyold family since the C16, and in 1844 Thomas Charles Hornyold donated land for the building of a new Catholic church. The church, with an attached monastery for monks of the Redemptorist order, was paid for by John Vincent Gandolfi, a Genoese silk merchant who had married into the Hornyold family and who would inherit the Blackmore Estate in 1859.
Gandolfi chose Charles Hansom as his architect for the church and monastery, and much of the church’s internal fittings were designed by AWN Pugin. The lychgate has also been attributed to Pugin.
Details
A lychgate of c.1846, attributed to AWN Pugin.
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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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