Lychgate And Churchyard Walls To The Parish Church Of All Saints

The lychgate and churchyard walls at the parish Church of All Saints were built in 1897 to commemorate 60 years of Queen Victoria's reign, as noted on a plaque. The lychgate is made of rock-faced ragstone and timber, topped with a wooden shingle roof, while the walls flanking the lychgate are also rock-faced ragstone, and the churchyard walls to the east are constructed of brick, likely dating from the same period.

This impressive and elaborate two-bay Gothic lychgate is situated opposite the north porch of the church, with a path lined by clipped yew trees leading to it. The outward-curving stone walls on either side of the gate are complemented by the brick wall on the eastern boundary of the churchyard.

The coped walls of the lychgate support an openwork timber structure featuring trefoil-headed arcading and decorated wall plates with brattished cornices. The roof has deep sprocketted eaves and is supported by an arch-braced truss, which includes two tiers of cusped wind-bracing and cusped, moulded, and pierced bargeboards on both sides. A pair of low timber gates flank the coffin rest, featuring open tracery panels above the middle rails, long ornamental strap hinges, and poppy-head styles. A plaque on the coffin rest indicates that the lychgate was erected by "parishioners and friends," with the involvement of William May, the Vicar, and Percy Mainwaring, the Chairman of the Committee.

The stone walls have moulded coping, while the brick walls to the east are largely covered in ivy. Additionally, a plaque on the section of wall immediately east of the lychgate commemorates the "undying fame of the gallant lads who fought the Battle of Britain over this corner of England in August-September 1940."