Gate Piers, Steps, Walls and War Memorial Lychgate

Gate piers of late-C18 or early-C19 date with steps, and walls and War Memorial lychgate of 1922.

MATERIALS: the gate piers and steps are constructed of stone. The lychgate is constructed of timber and ashlar with stone steps and piers. The lychgate roof is covered in clay tiles and the floor is laid with flagstones.

DESCRIPTION: comprising two stone gate piers with panelled shafts below a frieze, moulded cornice and hemispherical caps. There are seven stone steps to the War Memorial lychgate that are lined by splayed ashlar walls with coping and steel handrails.

The lychgate is rectangular on plan with gabled entrances addressing the road (south-west) and church (north-east). It has low ashlar walls and piers with moulded caps, coping and plinths. The four corner piers support the pegged timber-framed walls and roof with round arches to the entrances and some decorative moulded elements. The road-facing arch is inscribed: THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION. The church-facing arch is inscribed: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. To each side of the road front entrance, a timber column with Ionic capitals and floreate detailing supports the jettied gable end, which has WELLINGTON TOWN WAR MEMORIAL inscribed on the moulded eaves. The gable facing the church has a cross to the apex.

The upper level of the interior walls has fixed bronze plaques. Two plaques to the south-west wall read: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THE EMPIRE DURING/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ AND IN THANKFULNESS TO ALMIGHTY GOD/ FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF OTHERS/ (NAMES). A smaller plaque fixed between them reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES DURING/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES). A central upper plaque to the northeast wall reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES DURING/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES).

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