Lychgate Approximately 35 Metres To East Of Church Of Saint Luke

SJ 6028-6128 13/46

HODNET C.P. CHURCH STREET (North side)

Lychgate approx. 35 metres to east of Church of Saint Luke

GV II

Lychgate. Circa 1870, possibly by Anthony Salvin. Red sandstone ashlar with some yellow sandstone ashlar. Plain tile roof. Decorated Gothic Style. Buttresses with chamfered offsets and parapeted gable ends with shaped kneelers and moulded copings. Entrances with recessed chamfered arches and half-octagonal piers with moulded capitals and stops at rear. 3-light side openings with chamfered arches and octagonal shafts with moulded capitals. Pair of wooden gates to east, each with triple chamfered-arched lights. 6 stone steps up from east with coped side walls and square end piers. Interior: 3-bay roof consisting of chamfered arched-braced collar trusses springing from curved braces resting on small stone corbels. Single purlins. Stone side benches. Hodnet Hall (not included on this list) by Anthony Salvin was built in 1870 and the Percy chapel was added to the Church of Saint Luke (q.v.) in the same year. Salvin was possibly the architect of the lychgate too.

Listing NGR: SJ6129928595