Entrance piers, gates and steps to Lychgate at the Church of St Beuno and St Mary, Whitford, Flintshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2933 / 53°17'35"N

Longitude: -3.282 / 3°16'55"W

OS Eastings: 314642

OS Northings: 378140

OS Grid: SJ146781

Mapcode National: GBR 5ZJC.74

Mapcode Global: WH76J.KHB3

Plus Code: 9C5R7PV9+85

Entry Name: Entrance piers, gates and steps to Lychgate at the Church of St Beuno and St Mary

Listing Date: 25 May 2001

Last Amended: 25 May 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 25250

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300025250

Location: The S entrance to the lychgate and church in the centre of Whitford Village. Fronting the road opposite the Huntsman PH, with Ivy House immediately to the E.

County: Flintshire

Town: Holywell

Community: Whitford (Chwitffordd)

Community: Whitford

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

Probably C17-18.

Exterior

Two square-section piers of dressed sandstone with moulded capstones. Fixed to the capstones is an arched iron overthrow with scrolls to the bases and an ornamental iron lamp to the top. Between the stone piers are double cast iron gates with lancet heads under the top rails and plain finials, a lock rail with quatrefoil decoration, dog rails and a base rail with quatrefoils. From the entrance gates, the lychgate is reached by 3 flights of stone steps with moulded treads, bounded by high rubble stone walls.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a fine entrance feature in a prominent position in the village and for group value with lychgate and the Church of St Beuno and St Mary.

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II Lychgate at the Church of St Beuno and St Mary
The lychgate forms the S entrance to the churchyard and a path leads directly to the church porch. It is attached to the churchyard boundary wall which runs to the E and W.
II Ivy House including boundary retaining walls and railings
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II Jasmine House
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I Church of St Beuno and St Mary
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II Tomb of Moses Griffith
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II Llys Mair
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Entrance piers, gates and steps to Lychgate at the Church of St Beuno and St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Whitford, Flintshire