Lych Gate And Adjoining Building North Of East End Of All Hallows Church Of Saint Kea

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2/157 Lych gate and adjoining building north of east end of All Hallows Church of Saint Kea

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Lych gate and adjoining building. Circa 1802 possibly by James Wyatt and re-roofed circa 1896 with circa early-mid C19 building adjoining. Killas rubble with some dressed granite. Lych gate has steep dry Delabole slate roof with open arch braced gables and building has hipped dry Delabole slate roof. Clay ridge tiles. Plan of lych gate is rectangular with walkway flanked by side walls with benches. Building is single-cell, rectangular with central entrance. Single-storey. North front has building, left, and lych gate, right. Building has symmetrical 2-window front with central doorway. Ledged door and wooden shutters to windows. Mounting block below right-hand window and G P 0 letter box in wall to right of right-hand window. Lych gate has granite and killas piers flanking gateway with C19 wrought iron gate with finialled bars, closer set under lock rail. Interior of lych gate has granite grid to floor (now filled), granite coped side benches and arch-braced roof structure. The first church on this site of 1802 was designed by James Wyatt and the walls of the lych gate are possibly all that survive from this period. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SW8103342671