Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. A Victorian Lychgate.
Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- twisted-spindle-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1988
- Type
- Lychgate
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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ACKWORTH High Ackworth PURSTON LANE (north side) Lychgate to church of St. Cuthbert
GV II
Lychgate. Dated 1878 on beam in roof. Coursed squared sandstone, timber superstructure with red tiled roof. Vernacular Revival style. Stone side walls, each with a timber sill carrying three short turned posts with tracery in the openings between them, emphatic arch-bracing to a lateral beam and to two longitudinal beams, the inner of which carries a brass plate inscribed in Gothic script:- THIS LYCHGATE ERECTED 1878
On these principal beams, a further set of stout turned posts supporting purlins. Between the side walls, a pair of gates with quatrefoil panels in the lower half and turned balusters in the upper, with scrolled wrought-iron spikes between them; decorated strap hinges to the top and bottom rails.
Listing NGR: SE4405018045
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