Lychgate, Steps, Mounting Block, Style And Retaining Wall To East South East Of Church Of St David

ASHPRINGTON SX85NW Lychgate, Steps 6/19 Mounting Block, Style and Retaining Wall to East South East of Church of St David

GV II

Lychgate, mounting block and adjoining stile and their steps and the adjoining churchyard retaining wall. Probably late C19. Dressed slate and with slate coping and treads to steps. Slate roof with coped gable ends. Plan: The lychgate to the right (north) has a flight of steps in front, and to the left of the steps at the front a mounting block with a stile set back to the left with another flight of steps in front. Adjoining left (north) the curved churchyard retaining wall has railings above. The lychgate is open between the gable end walls with coping and kneelers and the roof is supported on chamfered timber bressumers. From the road below a wide flight of steps rises into the lychgate under which there is a slate coffin rest and 2 wooden gates. To the left of the lychgate a stile made from a large vertical slate with a flight of slate steps in front. Between the two flights of steps a large mounting block with a slate platform. to the left of the stile the curved churchyard retaining wall has iron railways above. To the right of the lychgate there is a ramp up to the churchyard.

Listing NGR: SX8188457139