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Lych-gate at Church of St Michael

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanrug, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1445 / 53°8'40"N

Longitude: -4.2042 / 4°12'14"W

OS Eastings: 252675

OS Northings: 363083

OS Grid: SH526630

Mapcode National: GBR 5L.5Z3C

Mapcode Global: WH54L.D786

Plus Code: 9C5Q4QVW+Q8

Entry Name: Lych-gate at Church of St Michael

Listing Date: 27 August 1999

Last Amended: 27 August 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22236

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300022236

Location: Lych-gate located immediately to the north-west of the Church of St Michael in the north-west corner of the churchyard.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanrug

Community: Llanrug

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

The lych-gate was built in 1714 from money left for the purpose by the Rev Rice Morgan.

Exterior

Small gabled structure of roughcast rubblestone under a grouted graded slate roof with slate-coped verges. Massive projecting stone lintels to rough square-headed arches, outer with C19 iron gates and inner with bracket for lantern above. Slightly recessed and heavily worn inscription stone under its own projecting lintel above outer arch reads "BUILT: 1714/ A: LEGAC(Y): W(AS)/ BEQUEATHED: BY YE: REVd: RICE/ MOR: A(M): TOW/ ARDS: THIS: GA(TE)/ WAS: LAID: OUT/ BY: RWR: OI: TH: W ( )."

Interior

Roof of lych-gate has central A-frame truss rising from walls with pegged collar and yoke supporting ridge piece; single purlins and rafters, all with extensive traces of limewash and limetorching between.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a dated early C18 lych-gate, which forms a good group with the Church of St Michael, the adjoining memorial enclosure, churchyard wall and railings.

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  • II* Church of St Michael
    Situated on its own in originally rectangular churchyard, now extended to north-east and south-east, on track between Bryn-llan and Plas Tirion approximately 0.75km south-west of Llanrug.
  • II Churchyard wall, railings and memorial enclosure at Church of St Michael
    Churchyard wall and railings defining the extent of the original churchyard on the north, south and west sides; railed memorial enclosure in angle with lych-gate.
  • II Stables at Plas Tirion
    Situated on the north-east side of the yard on the other side of the track to the east of the house at Plas Tirion.
  • II Stables/coach house at Plas Tirion
    Situated on the south-west side of the yard on the other side of the track to the east of the house at Plas Tirion.
  • II Walled garden at Plas Tirion
    Situated to south-east of house on other side of track.
  • II Plas Tirion
    Located towards the end of a track running south-westwards past the Church of St Michael towards Plastirion Farm; a pool and various ruined outbuildings stand immediately north of the house.
  • II Plas Gwyn
    Located in pasture fields at the end of a track on the south side of the A 4086 approximately 1km west of Llanrug.
  • II Hafod Gethin (Plas Gwyn)
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