Lychgate to St Mellons Church, Old St. Mellons (Hen Laneirwg), Cardiff

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5267 / 51°31'35"N

Longitude: -3.1124 / 3°6'44"W

OS Eastings: 322927

OS Northings: 181447

OS Grid: ST229814

Mapcode National: GBR J0.H5TH

Mapcode Global: VH7BJ.0WGJ

Plus Code: 9C3RGVGQ+M3

Entry Name: Lychgate to St Mellons Church

Listing Date: 6 October 1977

Last Amended: 31 August 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 13943

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300013943

Location: Situated by the road at the entrance to a drive which leads uphill to church, churchyard and other buildings including Church Lodge and other dwellings.

County: Cardiff

Town: Cardiff

Community: Old St. Mellons (Hen Laneirwg)

Community: Old St. Mellons

Locality: St Mellons

Built-Up Area: Cardiff

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

Late C19- to early C20.

Exterior

Lychgate at entry to Church Lane. Timber-framed with slate gabled roof side-on to road, red tile ridge and elaborate crowning metal cruciform finial; supported at each end by tall wooden posts with shaped braces; stone plinth. Interior of roof is boarded and the thick rafters are scalloped at ends. Two wood-framed gates, each 3 panels wide and 2 deep, of open cusped wooden panelling to the upper row and of metalwork below, long metal hinges. Lock rails of gates have continuous inscription on E side: "Arglwydd par i mi wybod, fi niwedd, a pheth yw mesur/fy nyddiau, fel y gwypwyf o ba oedran y byddaf fi;" W side inscribed with translation : "Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure/of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am" (Psalm 39, v 4). Similar smaller pedestrian gates either side.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well-designed lychgate for group value with the church and other listed items in the churchyard.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

I Church of St Mellon
In a commanding hilltop position with access lane and open ground to N and churchyard extending below on S slope.
II Bluebell Inn PH
Facing the main thoroughfare and opposite the White Hart PH, part of the historic village centre.
II The White Hart PH
Obliquely facing the main throughfare and opposite the Bluebell Inn PH.
II Memorial to Joseph Benjamin Hemingway in St Mellons churchyard
Close to S porch of church.
II Base of churchyard cross in St Mellons churchyard
In the SE corner of the churchyard near the foot of the slope.
II Garden Terrace at St John's College (formerly Ty-to-Maen)
In front of the main frontage and incorporating steps to the lawn at lower level.
II Former Stables at St John's College (formerlyTy-to-Maen)
To the rear of the main house, reached by a drive.
II* St John's College (formerly Ty-to-Maen)
Set in the remains of the formerly more extensive gardens, reached by a drive from a road created to serve the late C20 surrounding housing. development.

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Lychgate to St Mellons Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Old St. Mellons (Hen Laneirwg), Cardiff