Lych Gate To Church Of St Andrew

The lych gate to the Church of St Andrew, built in 1911, features an ashlar plinth and a timber frame with a tiled roof. It has a square plan with plinth walls that have a chamfered top and a plain tile sill supporting a moulded plate. The sides display a flat segmental arch with a central drop above a transom, which is supported by four vertical rails. Each returned end has a narrow bay with a pointed arch, alongside an arch-braced centre bay. The timberwork is generally chamfered and stopped. The front of the gate has a low pair of 20th-century gates. The hipped gambrel roof includes small open gablets on the north and south sides, with diagonal struts supporting the hip rafters, and it is boarded beneath the tiles. There is a short wooden bench on each side. A tablet on the front notes a restoration that took place in 1950. This lych gate is architecturally significant and historically important as it incorporates timbers salvaged from the 15th-century Court House at Sutton Poyntz, which was located opposite Sutton Mill and was destroyed by fire in 1908.