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Latitude: 51.9671 / 51°58'1"N
Longitude: -3.3766 / 3°22'35"W
OS Eastings: 305521
OS Northings: 230740
OS Grid: SO055307
Mapcode National: GBR YP.LC2G
Mapcode Global: VH6BS.FT8D
Plus Code: 9C3RXJ8F+R9
Entry Name: Lychgate to Church of St David
Listing Date: 25 January 2005
Last Amended: 25 January 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 83494
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300083494
Location: On the E side of the churchyard just W of the crossroads in the centre of the village.
County: Powys
Town: Brecon
Community: Llanddew (Llan-ddew)
Community: Llanddew
Traditional County: Brecknockshire
Tagged with: Lychgate
Lychgate of 1888, built by the Rev. John Lane Davies as part of the restoration of the church, begun in 1883. The lychgate was said to be a memorial to the Golden Jubilee of 1887.
Lychgate of oak with stone tiles to gabled roof, set on low rock-faced rubble side walls with chamfered coping and plinth. Ornate pierced cusped bargeboards, the gables carried on arch-braces from main posts, which also have concave-curved braces downward to ends of the low supporting walls. Walls have small spur on inside carrying an inner post. Scissor-rafter roof, sides have 4 panels, two upper ones open, the lower ones infilled.
Renewed timber gates with iron inserts in open upper panels.
Included for group value with the parish church.
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