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St Garmon's Church Lychgate

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfechain, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.775 / 52°46'29"N

Longitude: -3.2034 / 3°12'12"W

OS Eastings: 318916

OS Northings: 320387

OS Grid: SJ189203

Mapcode National: GBR 6X.Y8C7

Mapcode Global: WH792.RJR0

Plus Code: 9C4RQQFW+XJ

Entry Name: St Garmon's Church Lychgate

Listing Date: 28 January 2004

Last Amended: 28 January 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 82433

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300082433

Location: At the south side of the churchyard of St Garmon, set into a rough stone wall with a simple iron gate to the left side.

County: Powys

Community: Llanfechain

Community: Llanfechain

Locality: Llanfechain village

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

An Arts and Crafts lychgate, probably built to the design of John Douglas of Chester, the restorer of the church, but not contemporary with the restoration; constructed after 1900.

Exterior

An oak lychgate standing on a stone plinth wall. Paired main posts to front and rear. Cambered tie beams on Gothic carved brackets, the beam to the front carrying a Welsh inscription. Red tile roof slightly sprocketted with deep plain bargeboards and a cross finial. Low gates at the outer side with trefoiled open upper panels, diagonally boarded lower panels. Slate war memorials attached to the stone plinth walls at front.

Interior

Benches at sides. Slate cross set in the floor.

Reasons for Listing

A lychgate of superior Arts and Crafts design, listed also for group value with St Garmon's Church.

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