Description

TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD

5/395 Lychgate to churchyard of
the Old Church of St Peter

GV II

Lychgate. Built in memory of Sir Samuel Morton Peto (d. 1889). Timber-framed
on brick footings with stone slate roof. Tudor Gothic style. Box-framed
structure with full width Tudor arches front and back, both with moulded
surrounds and urn stops. Headbeams are inscribed, front one with a Biblical
quotation, the back one to the memory of Sir Samuel Morton Peto. Side walls
have 4-light windows with hollow-chamfered mullions over plank-and-muntin
panelling. Gables above have moulded bargeboards and gable-end trusses have
curving struts. Inside the wall plates are moulded and brattished original
double gates with wavy braces and coffin rest on a series of turned balusters.

Listing NGR: TQ6268442960

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26532856

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)