Description

SS 21 NW MORWENSTOW MORWENSTOW

1/107 Stile, lychgate and former
- mortuary adjoining lychgate at
south about 20m south-east of
the Church of St Morwenna
GV II

Stile, lychgate and small stone building, formerly used as mortuary. Early C19
stile, probably designed by the Rev. R S Hawker. Lychgate C17 origins, rebuilt
C18, former mortuary C19. Stile freestone ashlar and slate, lychgate timber with
slate roof, former mortuary stone rubble with slate roof with gabled ends. Stile
of single slate raised on edge on 3 stone steps between low freestone walls. South
wall of stile adjoins lych gate. Slate roof of lych gate has gabled ends and is
carried on timber posts. Rough horizontal planking in gables, probably late C17
curved timber struts to inner side of gables. Central timber post under lych gate;
C19 timber pedestrian gates on either side of the post have scissor bracing between
upper and lower rails. Simple timber verticals project above the upper rail as
finials. Pitched stone paving between posts of lychgate. Former mortuary, now
used as store, adjoins the lych gate at the south. Mortuary has east and west
gabled ends, east gable end chimney and entrance at east. Small 6-pane timber
window on north side. Lych gate was first erected in 1641 and extensively repaired
in 1738. In the time of the Reverend R S Hawker (q.v. church and vicarage), poet,
antiquary and vicar of Morwenstow from 1835-1874, the mortuary was used for laying
out the corpses of drowned sailors, E W F Tomlin, The Church of St Morwenna and
John the Baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall (Bude), 1982. p.6.

Listing NGR: SS2055515266

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q95194136

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