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Latitude: 51.6835 / 51°41'0"N
Longitude: -4.1618 / 4°9'42"W
OS Eastings: 250645
OS Northings: 200520
OS Grid: SN506005
Mapcode National: GBR GS.TVPV
Mapcode Global: VH3MB.TY59
Plus Code: 9C3QMRMQ+C7
Entry Name: Lychgate to Churchyard of church of St Ellyw
Listing Date: 12 March 1992
Last Amended: 12 March 1992
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 11889
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300011889
Location: Situated at south west angle of churchyard on south side of former Upper Church Street, now footpath.
County: Carmarthenshire
Community: Llanelli
Community: Llanelli
Built-Up Area: Llanelli
Traditional County: Carmarthenshire
Tagged with: Lychgate
Dated 1911
ornate stone and timber lych-gate with steep bell-cast hipped plain-tiled roof and lead ridge with wooden cross finial. Battered base walls each side, of rock-faced rubble with red sandstone ashlar quoins and coping, the walls returned inwards each end to frame stone benches within. North side carved stone plaque 'This lych-gate was erected to commemorate the rebuilding of the parish church by Arthur D Davies 1911'. West front paired timber gates.
Very ornate timber-framed upper part with intricate timber tracery to heads of open panels and to front spandrels. 1-4-1 panels each side and single panel to front each side of main entry which has big arched braces and traceried spandrel panels. Posts carry carved brackets to rafter undersides. Bell-cast roof has ornately carved west front dormer gable with bargeboards and traceried pierced 3-light triangular opening.
Roof within lych-gate has carved angel heads in angles under curved brackets up to false ridge with diagonally set king posts up to true ridge above. Tracery in spandrel spaces and between ridges.
An unusually ornate example of Arts and Crafts inspired Gothic woodwork.
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