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Lychgate to St Michael's Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Kingsteignton, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.5448 / 50°32'41"N

Longitude: -3.5946 / 3°35'40"W

OS Eastings: 287109

OS Northings: 72888

OS Grid: SX871728

Mapcode National: GBR QS.C03S

Mapcode Global: FRA 37CM.FD7

Plus Code: 9C2RGCV4+W4

Entry Name: Lychgate to St Michael's Church

Listing Date: 28 April 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1317381

English Heritage Legacy ID: 85380

ID on this website: 101317381

Location: St Michael's Church, Kingsteignton, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ12

County: Devon

District: Teignbridge

Civil Parish: Kingsteignton

Built-Up Area: Kingsteignton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Kingsteignton St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

Tagged with: Lychgate

Description


KINGSTEIGNTON CHURCH STREET, Kingsteignton SX 87 SE 5/124 Lychgate to St Michael's Church

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GV II Lychgate. Late C19. Rusticated grey limestone rubble with red sandstone dressings, slate roof, timber gable ends, iron gates. Gothic Revival. Rusticated grey limestone walls support an arched brace roof springing from a timber wall plate which projects beyond the walls on timber struts pierced with trefoils. The roof has crested ridge tiles, small gablets on either side of the ridge and timber Perpendicular traceried gable ends, the cusping below the tracery replaced with a straight piece of timber. A pair of good cast and wrought iron gates have fleur de lis finials above the dograil, a middle rail decorated with quartrefoils and cusped panels below the toprail with fleur de lis finials and larger wrought iron scrolled finials in the centre and to left and right. Smaller pedestrian gates to left and right of the lych gate are hung from castellated gate piers of a rather lighthearted design. The left and right gates are plainer than the centre gate but have twisted wrought iron finials. An impressive design with good ironwork.

Listing NGR: SX8710972888

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