Lych Gate And Pedestrian Gate To The Church Of St John The Baptist

The lych gate and pedestrian gate to the Church of St John the Baptist in Paignton were built in the late 19th century. The lych gate is made from local grey limestone with red sandstone decorations and features a gabled slate roof covered with ornamentally-cut slates and crested ridge tiles. The pedestrian gate, located next to the lych gate, is also constructed of local grey limestone with Ham Hill dressings and includes timber gates.

The lych gate is positioned at the northwest corner of the churchyard, with the pedestrian gate to the south. Its design includes two large buttress-like piers with coped set-offs and gabled tops. Timber brackets curve upward from the set-offs to support the roof, which has common rafters and diagonal boarding behind them. The crested ridge tiles feature a terracotta cross at the center and foliage crests on either side. The lych gate has a pair of simple openwork timber gates with trefoil-headed panels above the middle rail, filled with iron stanchions and crosspieces.

The pedestrian gateway is ogival in shape and is attached to a short section of contemporary walling that has a Ham Hill stone plinth and steep Ham Hill coping. The ends of the wall terminate in piers, one of which has a crocketed Ham Hill stone finial. The pedestrian gate features a simple openwork design with ogival-headed panels above the middle rail.