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Lychgate at Church of All Saints

A Grade II Listed Building in Cynwyd, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.971 / 52°58'15"N

Longitude: -3.3961 / 3°23'46"W

OS Eastings: 306339

OS Northings: 342428

OS Grid: SJ063424

Mapcode National: GBR 6N.JX4C

Mapcode Global: WH780.SLZ6

Plus Code: 9C4RXJC3+CH

Entry Name: Lychgate at Church of All Saints

Listing Date: 28 January 2004

Last Amended: 28 January 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 82409

ID on this website: 300082409

Location: Located to the SW of the church and forming the main entrance to the churchyard.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Cynwyd

Community: Cynwyd

Locality: Llangar

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

Probably C18, and contemporary with the boundary walls of the graveyard.

Exterior

Lychgate of white-washed rubble stone under a graded slate roof with raised stone copings and kneelers; the pitched roof is supported on the gable end walls. The N side is open; the S wall contains a central boarded door rising to the eaves. Inside is a flagstone floor, with shallow wooden benches attached to the side walls.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a fine C18 lychgate unaltered by Victorian restoration. Group value with Church of All Saints.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • I Church of All Saints
    In a rural location on the E banks of the River Dee, and set down from B4401. The church is set in a large churchyard, the stone boundary wall probably C18, and with many contemporary table tombs.
  • II Bryntirion
    Located off the E side of the B4401 immediately S of Corwen.
  • II Hafod y calch
    Located along a track which runs E off a lane between Cynwyd and Melin Rug, and 1.3km S of Pont Melin Rug. Situated in a lowland position close to the River Dee.
  • II* Ty'n y Llwyn
    Located on the hillside above the River Dee, and reached by a track off the E side of the B4401.
  • II Former Cottage & Outbuildings at Ty'n y Llwyn
    Located to the SW of the house.
  • II Outbuildings to NE of Gwerclas Hall
    Located to the NE of Gwerclas Hall and associated courtyard buildings.
  • I Plas Ucha
    Located off the W side of a lane which runs N from Cynwyd to Melin Rug. The front faces S, the ground sloping downhill to the E.
  • II Oubuildings adjoining N side of Gwerclas Hall
    Courtyard buildings adjoining N wing of hall, and projecting to the E.

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