Lych Gate To Church Of St Peter

The lych gate to the Church of St Peter, built in 1868, is designed by S Teulon, who also rebuilt the medieval church at that time. It features an oak frame and a roof covered with 19th-century flat tiles. The structure consists of two bays and three principal trusses, which include crown-posts with upper king struts and arched braces to collars. The tie-beams are cambered and knee-braced to unjowled principal posts. The roof extends outward, supported by a collar purlin and trefoil pierced brackets from the crown posts. The members are chamfered with simple run-out stops, and the intermediate common trusses are of a simple collar rafter type. The barge boards are decorated with pierced designs of linked quatrefoils and trefoils. The lower framing rests on a stone base, with principal posts featuring broach stops, framed side rails, and curved tension braces that support wooden railings with upper decoration. The lych gate, the tombstone to Gyver Bridge, and the Church of St Peter form a cohesive group.