Churchyard walls, lych gate and railings enclosing Mostyn burial ground at Llanrhos church is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 March 1976. Lych gate, churchyard wall.

Churchyard walls, lych gate and railings enclosing Mostyn burial ground at Llanrhos church

WRENN ID
endless-garret-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 March 1976
Type
Lych gate, churchyard wall
Source
Cadw listing

Description

A rubble-stone lych gate with slate roof behind coped freestone gable. Entrances have a segmental arch with voussoirs. On the S side is a contemporary iron gate with spear finials to broad main and dog bars. The standards have cast iron urn finials. Inside, the walls are pebble-dashed, with wooden benches. Abutting the lych gate on the W side are stone and slate steps to a mounting block.

The churchyard wall is rubble stone. From the lych gate it continues across the W side of the churchyard, facing Conway Road. In this section is a central recessed entrance with monolithic gate piers, and double gates similar to the lych gate, of which only the L-hand standard retains an urn finial. A flat-roofed shed has been built on the NW corner (close to the site of the former Queen's Head). The wall continues on the N side of the original churchyard (later extended on the other side), and terminates opposite the end of the chancel.

From the lych gate the wall continues E and bounds the S side of the churchyard. In this section is a wrought-iron gate similar in style to the lych gate, with urn finial retained on the R standard. Beyond the gate the wall is a later extension, evidence for which is a vertical joint, and returns on the E side of the churchyard. The E wall is stepped out at the NE end around on the Mostyn burial ground. On the inner side of the wall the burial ground is enclosed by iron railings of 9 bays. Of these, bays 2-4 are set well forward. The cast iron railings have cusped arcading, including inverted lower arches, and fleur-de-lis finials. Octagonal standards have diagonal buttresses, and pyramidal caps rising from castellated capitals. Bays 3 and 5 have double gates of similar design, and each has a rectangular panel with the monogram 'M' in archaic lettering.

The following items form a group: the Church of St Hilary, Churchyard walls, lych gate, south and wet gates to Churchyard, railings enclosing Mostyn burial ground, mounting block to south-west of lych gate and wall on eastern and south-eastern sides of car park to south of Churchyard, including drinking fountain and gate.

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