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Latitude: 50.7023 / 50°42'8"N
Longitude: -2.2787 / 2°16'43"W
OS Eastings: 380417
OS Northings: 89222
OS Grid: SY804892
Mapcode National: GBR 0ZR.SVF
Mapcode Global: FRA 6737.42K
Plus Code: 9C2VPP2C+WG
Entry Name: Lych Gate to New Cemetery (Formerly Entrance to Kitchen Garden of Moreton House)
Listing Date: 2 October 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1120485
English Heritage Legacy ID: 108649
ID on this website: 101120485
Location: Dorset, DT2
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Moreton
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Moreton St Nicholas
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Lychgate
SY 88 NW
4/189 MORETON
Lych Gate to new
Cemetery. (Formerly
entrance to kitchen
garden of Moreton
House.)
II
Cemetery lychgate. c1800, rebuilt on new site c1950. Four Ionic columns supporting
a pedimented timber canopy, with moulded entablature. Carved swags in pediment.
Modern stone walls inside this structure contain panels from the Obelisk (Map
Ref.4/187 ) inscribed in English and Latin. These record that the Obelisk was
erected in 1781 by Captain John Houlton in memory of James Frampton.
RCHM Monument 2.
Listing NGR: SY8041789222
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