Lychgate To Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Lychgate.
Lychgate To Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- vacant-floor-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Lychgate
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 02 SW HUNTSHAM HUNTSHAM
7/92 Lychgate to churchyard -
GV II
Lychgate. 1854-8 for A.H.D. Troyte of Huntsham Court, patron of the living. Timber ends with a gableted slate roof with sprocketted eaves; pair of timber gates. Described as "similar" to the medieval lych gate at Beckenham in Kent (TEDAS) which was probably the model for the design. Openwork timber ends, each with a stout post with 2 upward curving braces, springing from the post, all chamfered and stopped. These braces are intersected by a pair of downward curving braces which extend from the top of each post to a sole plate. Deep slate roof with sweeping sprocketted eaves over ornamental pitched stone paving. Sturdy timber gates with moulded finials to the standards and diagonal bracing; pivoting S-shaped iron clasp. A.H.D. Troyte enlarged the churchyard in 1854, the lychgate is a particularly bold and impressive design.
Hughes, J.R., "The Restoration of Huntsham Church,"Transations of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, VI, (1861), 220-230.
Listing NGR: ST0014020426
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