Lychgate To Churchyard Of The Old Church Of St Peter

TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD

5/395 Lychgate to churchyard of the Old Church of St Peter

GV II

Lychgate. Built in memory of Sir Samuel Morton Peto (d. 1889). Timber-framed on brick footings with stone slate roof. Tudor Gothic style. Box-framed structure with full width Tudor arches front and back, both with moulded surrounds and urn stops. Headbeams are inscribed, front one with a Biblical quotation, the back one to the memory of Sir Samuel Morton Peto. Side walls have 4-light windows with hollow-chamfered mullions over plank-and-muntin panelling. Gables above have moulded bargeboards and gable-end trusses have curving struts. Inside the wall plates are moulded and brattished original double gates with wavy braces and coffin rest on a series of turned balusters.

Listing NGR: TQ6268442960