Description

MITFORD MITFORD
NZ 1685
9/22 Lych gate and
attached churchyard
wall to south of
Church of St. Mary
Magdalene
GV II

Lych gate with churchyard wall and railings; lych gate dated 1889. Tooled-and
margined stone with ashlar dressings; oak upper frame and red-tiled roof.
Square stone structure with 2 small double-chamfered Tudor-arched lights at
either side and sloped buttresses framing central 2-centred timber arches on
moulded stone corbels, with cusped panels and ihc monogram in spandrels.
Brattished tie-beam with inscription and panel tracery above under trefoiled
ogee bargeboards. Swept eaves, wrought-iron cross fleury on ridge. Double
gates with fleur-de-lys standards and more elaborate finials. Collar rafter
roof with date and initials J.P.0.M. (Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston-Mitford)
on rafter feet.

Wall, swept in on either side of gate, has steeply-chamfered coping and railings
of similar design to gate. At each end a tall gabled pier; similar short right
return.

Listing NGR: NZ1690585563

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651970

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)