War Memorial Lych Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2016. Lych gate.
War Memorial Lych Gate
- WRENN ID
- eternal-sill-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2016
- Type
- Lych gate
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A churchyard lych gate, erected c1945.
MATERIALS: timber-frame construction with a plain tiled roof and stone rubble flank walls to its lower body.
DESCRIPTION: the lych gate is situated to the SW of the former Church of St Mary (closed in 1981). The timber superstructure has square corner uprights which rest on the stone flank walls. The W and E gabled ends are similar, with arched braces to the corner posts which support slender tie beams. The roof comprises king post trusses, angled struts and queen posts. The tie beam to the W gabled end has the inscription 1939 ERECTED BY THE PARISH AS A THANKSGIVING 1945, and the eastern tie beam is inscribed HE BROUGHT THEM OUT SAFELY. There is a pair of low wooden gates to the W gabled end, and there are freestanding wooden benches inside the lych gate.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.
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