Description

PENRYN

SW7834NE CHURCH HILL 580-1/4/52 (East side (off)) 22/09/71 Lychgate and attached churchyard walls to E and S of Church of St Gluvias (Formerly Listed as: Lychgate and Churchyard wall of Parish Church)

GV II

Lychgate and attached walls. Wall to south probably C18; lychgate and wall with railings in front of west end of church late C19 or early C20. Older walls rubble with hogs-back granite coping with stumps of former iron railings; lychgate is dressed granite and some rubble; dry Delabole slate roof with pierced ridge tiles; other walls are dressed granite brought to course with granite copings stepped up to follow slope to gateway with granite monolithic piers. Lychgate has side walls corbelled out near the top at front and rear; wide opening spanned by chamfered timber lintel/wall plate; wrought-iron gates with quatrefoil frieze; similar detail to other railings and gates. INTERIOR of lychgate has central coffin rest and roof structure with central tie-beam truss with arched collar.

Listing NGR: SW7872034648

External Links

• Wikidata Q26586098

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)