Lychgate at St Tudor's Church Mynyddislwyn
A Grade II Listed Building in Ynysddu, Caerphilly
Coordinates
Latitude: 51.6386 / 51°38'19"N
Longitude: -3.1668 / 3°10'0"W
OS Eastings: 319350
OS Northings: 193960
OS Grid: ST193939
Mapcode National: GBR HY.7XVY
Mapcode Global: VH6DN.226N
Plus Code: 9C3RJRQM+F7
Entry Name: Lychgate at St Tudor's Church Mynyddislwyn
Listing Date: 16 September 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 22315
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300022315
Location: On the N side of the churchyard adjacent to the Church Inn, forming the main entrance to the walled churchyard.
County: Caerphilly
Community: Ynysddu (Ynys-ddu)
Community: Ynysddu
Locality: Mynyddislwyn
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
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Lychgate
History
Probably contemporary with the rebuilding work on the church c 1820.
Exterior
Lychgate is a symmetrical almost square building of tooled stone and coursed rubble with a pyramidal tiled roof and overhanging eaves; eilliptical archways with voussoirs and a string course at impost level; iron gates with roundel motif. Service board attached to front.
Interior
Stone benches are on either side of the wall.
Reasons for Listing
An unusually well-designed lychgate which has group value with the church.
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