Churchyard wall and lychgate at Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Churchyard wall and lych-gate.
Churchyard wall and lychgate at Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- tall-gateway-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Churchyard wall and lych-gate
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 32 SE 8/139
RUYTON-XI-TOWNS CP CHURCH STREET (north side) Churchyard wall and lychgate at Church of St John the Baptist
GV II Churchyard wall and lych-gate. Churchyard wall. Probably late C18 or early C19 incorporating earlier stonework. Regularly coursed and dressed and roughly coursed red sandstone rubble with plinth on north side; triangular coping.
Steep-banked oval-shaped enclosure, suggestive of an early and perhaps defensive origin, making use of natural fall in ground. Also encloses remains of castle (qv), taken into churchyard in 1881. Lych-gate at south east entrance to churchyard. 1888. Gabled timber-framed structure on low red sandstone walls with chamfered coping; machine tile roof with ornamental cresting and cross to centre of ridge. Benches to sides. Billet moulding to tie beams and wooden gates. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: SJ3952622140
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