Potter Gateway to Sunnyhurst Wood

Lychgate, 1904; dressed sandstone, timber and tile.

DESCRIPTION: octagonal structure forming a main entrance to Sunnyhurst Wood. It comprises a tooled stone base with moulded ashlar coping set with eight stone bases and opposing out-turned entrances (gates removed). The timber superstructure comprises eight stout Tuscan columns rising from the eight stone bases; these in turn support the bracketed eaves carrying a pyramidal roof rising above a domed plastered ceiling. The roof has a tile covering and is surmounted by a carved stone finial. The interior is paved and a stone inscribed in contemporary script, records the gifting of the gate and the names of its benefactors. A metal fixing for a lantern is affixed to the underside of the dome.