Description

LEEK

SJ9856NW CHURCH STREET
611-1/4/39 (North side)
13/04/51 Lych gate, walls, railings, gates
and gate piers to churchyard of St
Edward
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STREET
Lych gate of St Edward's Church)
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STREET
Churchyard walls,railings,gates and
gate-piers of St Edward's Church)

GV II

Lych gate, wall, railings, gate piers and gates to churchyard.
Stone and cast-iron. Lychgate dated 1634, the walls
successively rebuilt, and incorporating C18 and late C19 dated
stones. Stone gate piers facing E, square section with shallow
pyramidal caps. Cast-iron gates. Length of cast-iron spearhead
railings on stone plinth wall with moulded copings to S and W.
Plain stone retaining walls surmounted by cast-iron railings
return each side of steps at main entrance. W wall, battered
from the pavement, incorporates stone tablets commemorating
former church wardens, and in the S wall is the polished
granite basin of a fountain, and a sandstone drinking trough.
Lychgate of main entrance dated 1634. Segmental archway with
stepped parapet above, enriched by pinnacles.
The wall, railings, gate piers and gates to churchyard were
first listed 07/06/72.

Listing NGR: SJ9830256609

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558949

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Recommended Books

• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)