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Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert

A Grade II Listed Building in High Ackworth, Wakefield

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Latitude: 53.6571 / 53°39'25"N

Longitude: -1.3349 / 1°20'5"W

OS Eastings: 444050

OS Northings: 418045

OS Grid: SE440180

Mapcode National: GBR MV34.SS

Mapcode Global: WHDCD.GBKS

Plus Code: 9C5WMM48+R2

Entry Name: Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert

Listing Date: 11 May 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1024985

English Heritage Legacy ID: 342624

ID on this website: 101024985

Location: High Ackworth, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF7

County: Wakefield

Civil Parish: Ackworth

Built-Up Area: High Ackworth

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Ackworth St Cuthbert

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: Lychgate

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ACKWORTH
High Ackworth
PURSTON LANE (north side)
Lychgate to church of St. Cuthbert

GV
II

Lychgate. Dated 1878 on beam in roof. Coursed squared sandstone, timber superstructure with red tiled roof. Vernacular Revival style. Stone side walls, each with a timber sill carrying three short turned posts with tracery in the openings between them, emphatic arch-bracing to a lateral beam and to two longitudinal beams, the inner of which carries a brass plate inscribed in Gothic script:- THIS LYCHGATE ERECTED 1878

On these principal beams, a further set of stout turned posts supporting purlins. Between the side walls, a pair of gates with quatrefoil panels in the lower half and turned balusters in the upper, with scrolled wrought-iron spikes between them; decorated strap hinges to the top and bottom rails.

Listing NGR: SE4405018045

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