Description

SW 5435-5535
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ST ERTH
THE GREEN LANE, St Erth
Lych gate and churchyard walls west and south of Church of St Erth

GV
II

Lych gate and churchyard walls west and south of Church. Churchyard walls probably
circa early C19, lych gate is 1925. In memory of John Vivian of Meadowside, died
1925 and Nanny his wife, died 1919 (given by their 3 daughters). Roughly tooled low
granite side walls open timber framed above. Dry Delabole slate roof with elaborate
wooden barge board to front and rear gable ends.
Plan: Rectangular plan with thin side walls only, returning slightly at the front
and rear to form plinths for wooden portals, Gothic style.
Exterior: Similar gable ends at front and rear. Each has wide 4-centred arch with
pierced spandrels and blind trefoil-headed panels to the jambs. The head of the arch
is a tie beam to a braced king post and strutted truss and an open gable. Cusped and
ogee-headed barge board. Side walls are carried on 3 bays of open traceried lights
each bay with 3 lights. On the right (west) of the lych gate the churchyard wall is
granite ashlar with granite coping, otherwise granite rubble. Gateway to south-east
corner of churchyard has round-headed granite monolithic piers and heavy wrought-iron
gate.

Listing NGR: SW5496335056

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454511

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)