Description

WEYMOUTH

SY7083 CHURCH ROAD, Preston
873-1/9/465 (South side)
Lych gate to Church of St Andrew

GV II

Lych gate. 1911 (RCHME). Ashlar plinth, timber frame, tile
roof. Square plan, with plinth walls to chamfered top and
plain tile sill carrying a moulded plate; the sides have a
flat segmental arch with central drop above a transom on 4
vertical rails, and the returned ends have a narrow bay each
side to a pointed arch, with an arch-braced centre bay.
Timbers generally are chamfered and stopped. The front has a
low pair of C20 gates. The hipped gambrel roof with small open
gablets to N and S has diagonal struts to the hip rafters, and
is boarded below the tiles. A short wooden bench each side. A
tablet to the front records a restoration of 1950.
This is of interest architecturally, but also historically
because it incorporates timbers rescued from the C15 Court
House at Sutton Poyntz, formerly located opposite Sutton Mill
(qv), and destroyed by fire in 1908.
(RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 362).

Listing NGR: SY7057783004

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428533

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)