Lychgate And Quadrant Walls, About 40 Metres South Off Church Of St Mary

The lychgate and quadrant walls, located about 40 metres south of the Church of St Mary, were built around 1916 as a memorial to Captain R E Inglis. The structure features a timber frame with a plain tiled roof and lower walls made of Wealden sandstone. The lychgate has a two-bay side frame with chamfered and braced main posts that support embattled tie-beams, enhanced by enriched and cusped four-centred arched knee braces. The roof is a queen post design with moulded bargeboards and swept-out eaves, topped with a foliate cross on the southern gable. A central tie beam is inscribed in memory of Captain Rupert Edward Inglis, who died in 1916 at the Somme. The side pieces are simply half-panelled with open upper sections featuring cusped and pendanted tracery. The lychgate includes cusped double carriage gates, along with a smaller pedestrian gate attached to an adjacent wall pier. The quadrant walls extend southward from the pinnacled wall piers of the mid-19th century churchyard wall, designed by R C Hussey. These walls are approximately 4 feet high and stretch about 25 yards in gentle curves, enclosing a paved courtyard. The lychgate and walls display high-quality early 20th-century design and craftsmanship, contributing to the character of the mid-19th century group of church and houses by R C Hussey, built around 1846-1848.