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Lychgate to the Church of St Michael

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6611 / 52°39'40"N

Longitude: -3.9655 / 3°57'55"W

OS Eastings: 267163

OS Northings: 308860

OS Grid: SH671088

Mapcode National: GBR 8X.5J8Z

Mapcode Global: WH571.1CYR

Plus Code: 9C4RM26M+FQ

Entry Name: Lychgate to the Church of St Michael

Listing Date: 17 June 1966

Last Amended: 10 April 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4748

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300004748

Location: The parish church stands on the valley floor, within a sub-oval banked and walled churchyard. The lychgate is set in the wall on the E quadrant of the wall.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Community: Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

Although the building lacks dateable features, it was probably built in the C17-C18, inserted into the earlier sub-oval banked earthwork, which was later strengthened by the building of the graveyard wall.

Exterior

The small lychgate is built of local stone, with a slate roof and roll ridge tiles. Segmental-headed arches both outside and in, flush with the inner and outer gables, each coped with field stones. Behind each arch, a chamfered cambered beam.

Interior

The stonework of the interior is whitewashed, and has narrow stone benches each side. The roof has open rafters supported by a single tier of heavy purlins and a ridge set diagonally. The outer part of the cobbled floor is a cattle grid, now covered with slate flags.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good example of the vernacular type of lychgate characteristic of small rural churchyards in west Wales.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Graveyard monument at the Church of St Michael
    The monument stands within the graveyard, at the SE corner of the chancel of the Church of St Michael.
  • II* Church of St Michael
    The parish church stands on the valley floor of the upper Dysynni valley, within its own sub-oval churchyard.
  • II Churchyard wall at the Church of St Michael
    The church of St Michael stands near the head of the Dysynni valley, in the middle of the graveyard which is encircled by the wall.
  • II Cottage E of the Church of St Michael
    The cottage stands beside the road, facing the E end of the chancel.
  • II SW Farm Building at Ty'n-y-fach
    Ty'n-y-fach farm stands some 60m NNE of the Church of St Michael. The SW farm building is the westerly of two farm buildings set in line and parallel to Old Ty'n-y-fach farmhouse.
  • II Granary at Ty'n-y-fach
    Ty'n-y-fach farm lies c65m N of Llanfihangel church. The farmyard to the rear is defined by two parallel farmyard buildings set in line, and the granary at right angles on the SW side.
  • II Old Ty'n-y-fach
    The farmhouse lies c65m to the N of the church, in the hamlet of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, facing NW over the Afon Cadair.
  • II Pont Pennant, or Pont Ty'n-y-fach
    The bridge carries the road running N from Llanfihangel over the Afon Cadair to the upper stretch of the valley.

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