Lych Gate with attached Churchyard Walls at the Church of St Mary, Halkyn, Flintshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2315 / 53°13'53"N

Longitude: -3.1866 / 3°11'11"W

OS Eastings: 320892

OS Northings: 371158

OS Grid: SJ208711

Mapcode National: GBR 6Y.0DF9

Mapcode Global: WH76Z.01WG

Plus Code: 9C5R6RJ7+J9

Entry Name: Lych Gate with attached Churchyard Walls at the Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 31 January 2002

Last Amended: 31 January 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 26157

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300026157

Location: The lych gate is on the W side of the church.

County: Flintshire

Town: Holywell

Community: Halkyn (Helygain)

Community: Halkyn

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

Probably 1877 and contemporary with the church.

Exterior

The lych gate has dwarf walls of snecked stone supporting open timber-framed sides of 2 arched bays. The bell-cast roof is supported by cambered tie beams (with inscription from Psalms to the W side) with king post and curving struts. The roof projects forward from the tie beams on brackets. The slate roof has cusped bargeboards. In the centre are double wooden gates.

The lych gate is within a semi-circular recess to the W boundary wall of the churchyard. The attached walls define the W and S sides of the chuchyard, and are of rubble stone with saddleback coping.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well-detailed lych gate and for the important contribution of lych gate and walls to the setting of the church.

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Other nearby listed buildings

I Church of St Mary
In a walled churchyard at the N end of Halkyn and opposite the Old School.
II Old Church School
Opposite the parish church on the W side of the B5123 in Halkyn.
II Top Lodge
On the N side of the entrance E of the B5123, and on the N side of Halkyn Castle.
II Gate Piers and attached Walls at entrance to Halkyn Castle
On the N side of Halkyn Castle at the main entrance on the E side of the B5123 opposite the parish church.
II Hillside
Approximately 150m SE of the parish church.
II Former Shippon at Rosemount
On the S side of the house.
II Lygan y Llan Farmhouse including Forecourt Walls and Railings
Approximately 200m SE of the parish church, on the W side of a minor road junction opposite the Britannia Inn.
II Rosemount
Approximately 200m SE of the parish church, on the SE side of a minor road between the church and Britannia Inn.

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Lych Gate with attached Churchyard Walls at the Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Halkyn, Flintshire