Lychgate And Flanking Churchyard Railings Including Gate Approximately 50 Metres To South Of Church Of All Saints

This is a mid-to-late 19th century lychgate with flanking churchyard railings and gate, situated approximately 50 metres south of the Church of All Saints in North Molton. The railings, originally to the east side of the churchyard, incorporate a gateway at the right-hand (east) end. The lychgate was added in 1901, commissioned by Adam Francis Terrell Shapland from Jaems Crocker of Exeter.

The churchyard railings are constructed on a low wall of tooled snecked sandstone with rounded granite coping. They feature square-section arrowhead railings with curved stanchions to the rear (north). A wide gateway on the right has a pair of 19th-century quatrefoil-section cast-iron porches with moulded caps, and a late 20th-century metal gate.

The timber-framed lychgate has a gable-ended roof covered with plain concrete tiles. Its dressed pink sandstone plinths, of nearly ashlar quality, have chamfered copings and shaped ends, with granite dressings. The superstructure has four open bays, moulded bargeboards, and a square lead finial on the ridge, topped with a dome and a cast-iron cross. The framing includes five trussed rafters, with ogee arched bracing, and the outer two have collars. The gable ends to the front and back feature billet ornamented cranked collars and panelled tracery in the apex. The south-facing side has a pair of wooden gates with two linenfold panels below, two pairs of balusters above, scrolled tops to the outer stiles, and decorative wrought-iron strap hinges.

A copper plate on the inside of the left-hand wall displays superscribed lettering commemorating John Terrell Shapland and Charlotte Shapland, and noting its erection by their son, Adam Francis Terrell Shapland. A brass plate on the inside of the right-hand wall commemorates Adam Francis Terrell Shapland (born 5th February 1842, died 18th February 1912), and his father and mother. Both plates are signed "ROGERS, SCULPTORS, EXETER". The lychgate’s construction cost approximately £200.