Description

SO 3080-3180 CLUN C.P. CHURCH STREET
(South side)

15/83 Lychgate approximately 25
21.3.68 metres to North of Church
of St. George [formerly
listed as Churchyard
porch (Church of St George)]

GV II

Lychgate. 1723 (churchwardens' accounts), dismantled 1841, re-
erected in circa 1881 and restored 1956. Timber framed on low coursed
limestone rubble walls; graded stone slate roof, gabled on all sides
with circa 1881 moulded barge boards and finials. Square plan.
Framing: close studded sides with central rail, blocked below and
open above; large curved arch - braces to entrances at North and
South; trusses in gables with vertical struts to collar and quatre-
foiled panels, Central pair of circa 1881 wooden gates. After
its dismantling in 1841 it was re-erected at the gateway to
Handcauseway (Cf . Cranage) before being returned to its original
location in about 1881. Despite restoration in 1956, it is included
as a faithful copy and for group value. Cranage, Vol. 5, P.442-4;
Brief notes on St, George's Church, Clun; N.M.R.

Listing NGR: SO3003880617

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306145

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Recommended Books

• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)