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Latitude: 53.1067 / 53°6'24"N
Longitude: -2.0268 / 2°1'36"W
OS Eastings: 398302
OS Northings: 356609
OS Grid: SJ983566
Mapcode National: GBR 24P.BD9
Mapcode Global: WHBCH.V51P
Plus Code: 9C5V4X4F+M7
Entry Name: Lych Gate, Walls, Railings, Gate and Gate Piers to Churchyard of St Edward
Listing Date: 13 April 1951
Last Amended: 14 October 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1268649
English Heritage Legacy ID: 461614
ID on this website: 101268649
Location: Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST13
County: Staffordshire
District: Staffordshire Moorlands
Civil Parish: Leek
Built-Up Area: Leek
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Leek St Edward the Confessor
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
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
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