Description

MITFORD MITFORD NZ 1685 9/22 Lych gate and attached churchyard wall to south of Church of St. Mary Magdalene GV II

Lych gate with churchyard wall and railings; lych gate dated 1889. Tooled-and margined stone with ashlar dressings; oak upper frame and red-tiled roof. Square stone structure with 2 small double-chamfered Tudor-arched lights at either side and sloped buttresses framing central 2-centred timber arches on moulded stone corbels, with cusped panels and ihc monogram in spandrels. Brattished tie-beam with inscription and panel tracery above under trefoiled ogee bargeboards. Swept eaves, wrought-iron cross fleury on ridge. Double gates with fleur-de-lys standards and more elaborate finials. Collar rafter roof with date and initials J.P.0.M. (Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston-Mitford) on rafter feet.

Wall, swept in on either side of gate, has steeply-chamfered coping and railings of similar design to gate. At each end a tall gabled pier; similar short right return.

Listing NGR: NZ1690585563

External Links

• Wikidata Q26651970

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