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Latitude: 53.6571 / 53°39'25"N
Longitude: -1.3349 / 1°20'5"W
OS Eastings: 444050
OS Northings: 418045
OS Grid: SE440180
Mapcode National: GBR MV34.SS
Mapcode Global: WHDCD.GBKS
Plus Code: 9C5WMM48+R2
Entry Name: Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert
Listing Date: 11 May 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1024985
English Heritage Legacy ID: 342624
ID on this website: 101024985
Location: High Ackworth, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF7
County: Wakefield
Civil Parish: Ackworth
Built-Up Area: High Ackworth
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Ackworth St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Lychgate
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High Ackworth
PURSTON LANE (north side)
Lychgate to church of St. Cuthbert
GV
II
Lychgate. Dated 1878 on beam in roof. Coursed squared sandstone, timber superstructure with red tiled roof. Vernacular Revival style. Stone side walls, each with a timber sill carrying three short turned posts with tracery in the openings between them, emphatic arch-bracing to a lateral beam and to two longitudinal beams, the inner of which carries a brass plate inscribed in Gothic script:- THIS LYCHGATE ERECTED 1878
On these principal beams, a further set of stout turned posts supporting purlins. Between the side walls, a pair of gates with quatrefoil panels in the lower half and turned balusters in the upper, with scrolled wrought-iron spikes between them; decorated strap hinges to the top and bottom rails.
Listing NGR: SE4405018045
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