Description

KEMPLEY KEMPLEY VILLAGE
SO 62 NE

8/136 Lych Gate and adjoining walls,
Church of St. Edward the Confessor

GV II

Lych gate and adjoining churchyard walls. 1902-'3, by Randall
Wells for Lord Beauchamp. Generally thin, roughly coursed
stonework, well-squared quoins, stone slate roof. Gabled archway,
with walls extending each side. Within archway coffin stone on
Low wall divides opening into 2: wooden pedestrian gate each side,
slightly curved brace, slats tenoned through frame, plunger latch.
Above plain, semi-circular arch, radiating stonework to gables
above: 3 step projecting verge, each course scalloped: sloping
return at foot from eaves to sides. Returns, central buttress,
with stepped, hipped top, below eaves. To left of gate, viewed
from inside, wall extends about 14m: low triangular headed, with
thin vertical stones for short length, with projecting scalloped
horizontal stones beneath: then larger copings: 2 triangular
buttresses on outside. To right curves round tree, followed by
short, straight length. Coping mirror of that on left:
triangular buttress at end. Forms group with church (q.v.), and a
carefully considered and detailed adjunct to it.

Listing NGR: SO6713729647

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26348734

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House