Lych Gate at Our Lady of Light and St Osyth

The lych gate at Our Lady of Light and St Osyth was built in 1925 and serves as the entrance to the church. It features an oak-framed design that acts as a war memorial, resting on a plinth made of Lincolnshire limestone, with herringbone brick on the sides up to the height of the gate. The gate itself is made of oak and topped with a gabled tile roof.

The exterior has an open gabled design, with intricate woodwork that includes richly carved quatrefoils on the gables and naturalistic foliage in the pendentives. On the front, there are carved figures of St Osyth on the left and St Charles on the right, positioned on the main uprights. Above these figures, centrally placed on a king post, is a depiction of Our Lady of Light holding a dove, accompanied by an inscription below that reads ‘humilitas’. Inside the lych gate, to the left, there is an oak panel that commemorates six parish war dead, with an inscription above stating ‘Pro Patria Mortui Sunt 1914-1918’.