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Lych Gate at Parish Church (20 Metres North East of Chancel), Thorley

Description: Lych Gate at Parish Church (20 Metres North East of Chancel)

Grade: II
Date Listed: 30 April 1985
English Heritage Building ID: 398624

OS Grid Reference: TL4762618866
OS Grid Coordinates: 547626, 218866
Latitude/Longitude: 51.8489, 0.1419

Location: Church Lane, Thorley, Hertfordshire CM23 4BE

Locality: Thorley
Local Authority: East Hertfordshire District Council
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Postcode: CM23 4BE

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Listing Text

TL 41 NE THORLEY CHURCH LANE
(west side)
Thorley village

4/10 Lych Gate at
Parish Church
- (20 metres NE
of chancel)

GV II

Lych gate. Circa 1909 (memorial inscription). Possibly designed
by Eustace Frere. Elaborate oak timberframed gateway on dressed
limestone plinth with steep gabled tiled roof. Billet moulded
sinuous carved bracketed bargeboards with cross on lozenge at
apex. Chamfered cambered tie beams carrying king post and curved
struts. Deep wooden seat each side in framed and weatherboarded
outshot with 2-light trefoil headed wooden traceried openings in
upper part. Decorative pair of low wooden gates to lane.


Listing NGR: TL4762618866

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.




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