Lych gate at entrance to churchyard of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Lych gate.

Lych gate at entrance to churchyard of Church of St Matthew

WRENN ID: stubborn-flue-coral
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Somerset
Country: England
Date first listed: 29 January 1987
Type: Lych gate
Source: Historic England listing

Description

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ST54NW 21/164

WOOKEY CP HIGH STREET (south side) Lych gate at entrance to churchyard of Church of St Matthew

GV II

Lych gate designed by F. Bligh Bond and built by Pittards of Langport. It was dedicated in January 1916 and was donated by Miss Badcock in memory of her sister. Rubble plinths with dressed freestone cappings, oak superstructure, shingled roof with bellcast and wheel-cross finials. Medieval style. Massive superstructure with four-rain posts, archbracing, bridging beams, roof ridge at right angles to frontage; ends of exposed beams carved with grotesque masks.

Bridging beam to frontage with inscription:- *MORS IANVA VITAE". Gates.

Listing NGR: ST5183445817

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