Lychgate To Churchyard Of The Church Of St Mary The Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Lychgate.
Lychgate To Churchyard Of The Church Of St Mary The Virgin
- WRENN ID
- winding-column-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Lychgate
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST SPELDHURST HILL (north side), SPELDHURST 12/544 Lychgate to churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin GV II
Lychgate. Late C19. Timber-framed on low sandstone ashlar footings, peg-tile roof. Gothic style lychgate side-walls of 4 narrow bays, boarded below the middle rail and open above with wavy braces. The sills extend front and back to take wavy tension braces. Front and back gable ends have arch-braced tie beam trusses. Square crown posts above with wavy down braces. Steeply pitched roof projects both ends and has cusped bargeboards. It is surmounted by a wrought iron cross. Low double gates also with wavy braces and good original shaped iron hinges.
The lychgate is one of a good group of listed buildings in the vicinity of the Church of St Mary (q.v.)
Listing NGR: TQ5533441388
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