Lych Gate At The Entrance To The Churchyard Of The Church Of The Holy Trinity

BADGEWORTH BADGEWORTH VILLAGE . SO 91 NW

4/6 Lych gate at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity

GV II

Lych gate with the inscription 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF JANE UNWIN WHO DIED AUGUST 1916 / THIS LYCH GATE WAS ERECTED BY HER SIX CHILDREN'. Timber-framed lych gate with random squared and dressed stone side walls and stone slate roof. Gable with decorative curved bracing, image niche with the Madonna and child and a crocketed canopy set within king post in gable. Inscription 'HER CHILDREN RISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED' on the tie- beam. Wide moulded 4-centred arched entrance with pierced spandrels; double gates with pierced panelling at the top, cast iron trellis work and fleur de lys within the open parts; similar panels either side of the lych gate. Two image niches with crocketed canopies containing small wooden statuettes of saints; cusped barge board with a pendant and an upright cross finial. More ornate pierced barge board to the opposite gable. Musical stave and the words 'O rest in the lord' carved on the tie-beam below.

Listing NGR: SO9022119198