Memorial Lychgate, All Saints Church
All Saints Church, Station Road, Plumpton Green, Lewes, Lewes, BN7 3BU
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451164
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial Lychgate, All Saints Church
- Statutory Address:
- All Saints Church, Station Road, Plumpton Green, Lewes, Lewes, BN7 3BU
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451164
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial Lychgate, All Saints Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- All Saints Church, Station Road, Plumpton Green, Lewes, Lewes, BN7 3BU
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:
- All Saints Church, Station Road, Plumpton Green, Lewes, Lewes, BN7 3BU
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Lewes (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Plumpton
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ3637316847
Summary
A lychgate, 1920, in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Plumpton Green.
Reasons for Designation
The memorial lychgate in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Plumpton Green, of 1920, is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* funded by Mrs Blackman in memory of her late husband Mr Richard James Blackman who died in October 1918, the lych-gate carries a poignant message of thanks for the enduring peace that had passed since Armistice Day.
Architectural interest:
* a well-crafted timber lych-gate, built with good quality materials, reflecting the local vernacular tradition.
Group value:
* with the adjacent Plumpton Green War Memorial (Grade II).
History
The lychgate was erected by Messrs Wells and Co of Plumpton in 1920 as a thanksgiving for peace after the Great War. It was funded by Mrs Blackman in memory of her late husband Mr Richard James Blackman who was a sidesman at All Saints Church, and died in October 1918.
Details
A lychgate, 1920, outside All Saints Church, Plumpton Green.
MATERIALS: oak, wooden shingles, stone and flint walls.
DESCRIPTION: the lychgate has a shallow hipped roof which is covered in wooden shingles and surmounted by a timber cross. The roof is supported by and oak frame with curved braces and cross-braces, which in turn stands on a timber wall plate. Supporting cross beams run around the underside of the roof and on the road side carry the carved inscription O, ENTER YE HIS GATES WITH PRAISE. The stone walls which support the timber superstructure are formed of ashlar with a carved pier at each corner and chamfered coping along their length. The main body of the walls have inset flint panels. On the roadside there is a pair of rustic timber gates supported on wrought iron strap hinges. On the north side wall there is a stone tablet which carries the carved inscription TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HUMBLE THANKFULNESS FOR HIS GREAT MERCY IN GRANTING US PEACE NOV 11TH 1918 - JUN 28TH 1919. Above the tablet there is a small painted timber plaque which records that the lychgate was re-roofed in 1991.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 29 January 2018.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 29 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/1451164
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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