Description

WALTHAM ST LAWRENCE THE STREET
SU 8276-8376 (north end)

20/2 Lych Gate

G.V. II

Lych gate to the Church of St Lawrence. 1906. Timber frame partly supported on
stone and flint walls, with tile slips to wall plate. Old tile half hipped
roof. Rectangular plan. Arch-braced and chamfered truss at each end, large
scantling rafters. Chamfered and cambered purlins with inscription which reads
'This gate was erected by the Friends and Relations of Rear Admiral Capel
Woodhouse for 17 years Churchwarden of this Parish'. A bench seat on each side,
and patterned floor of tile slips and stone. Gates are missing but pintles
remain.

Listing NGR: SU8294476934

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429213

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)