Listed Building: LYCHGATE IN CHURCHYARD OF ST MICHAEL (1138496)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1162, 2, 56
Date assigned 19 May 1986
Date last amended

Description

MARBURY CUM QUOISLEY C.P. SJ 54 NE 2/56 CHURCH LANE Lychgate in Churchyard of St.Michael GV II War Memorial Lychgate. C.1919. Yellow sandstone ashlar with timber upper body and stone slate roof. Side walls of ashlar with ramped walls to each side and ending in piers with octagonal caps with moulded tops. Timber upper body with cambered tie beams to the gable ends at front and rear supported by angle braces inscribed 1914 at left and 1919 at right. The tie beam is inscribed "To : the : glory : of : GOD : and : in : honoured : memory : of : those : of : this : parish : who : gave : / Their : lives : for : their : country : and whose : names : are : recorded : on : the : tablet : in : the : church". King post above this and arched braces with moulded bargeboards and bargepost. The rear has inscribed on the tie beam "Ye who live in mid English pastures green, Remember us and think what might have been." Listing NGR: SJ5605845667

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1138496. [Mapped features: #1284 1138496; #6591 1138496]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 5606 4566 (7m by 5m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ54NE
Civil Parish MARBURY CUM QUOISLEY, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Sep 21 2020 11:55AM