Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Tysilio, Llantysilio, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9835 / 52°59'0"N

Longitude: -3.2015 / 3°12'5"W

OS Eastings: 319429

OS Northings: 343578

OS Grid: SJ194435

Mapcode National: GBR 6X.J2SK

Mapcode Global: WH783.S8NN

Plus Code: 9C4RXQMX+99

Entry Name: Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Tysilio

Listing Date: 22 April 1998

Last Amended: 22 April 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19689

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300019689

Location: The lychgate stands at the corner of the churchyard, and is reached by a short drive from the road from Pentrefelin to Rhewl.

County: Denbighshire

Town: Llangollen

Community: Llantysilio

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

Erected c1870 to provide a dignified entrance to the small parish church.

Exterior

Built of dark local rubble stone with sandstone quoins and copings, the upper section of timber framing and the roof covering of Welsh slate. The parallel side walls have chamfered copings, that on the E stepped down and continued as the churchyard wall. The framing is of 2 bays; arch-braced and cusped; rising from the sill plates to a brattished wall plate each side. Trusses with three tiers of arch-braced collars, the lowest collars moulded with the centre dropped as a cage terminal. Slightly cusped wind braces. The wall plate is cantilevered out both ends and braced to carry the outer rafters and bargeboards. Terminal gable crosses.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a fine and typical C19 lychgate of group value with the church and churchyard monuments at Llantysilio.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Jones Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio
The Jones monument lies at the top of the churchyard beneath yew trees, approximately 50m N of the N transept.
II Pickering Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio
The monument is located in the upper corner of the churchyard, beneath yew trees.
II Jones Chest Tomb in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio
The Jones chest tomb stands in a raised position in the graveyard approximately 11m N of the nave.
II* Church of St Tysilio
The church stands in a very picturesque location set in a walled churchyard above the River Dee and below the road to Rhewl, c3km W of Llangollen.
II Roberts Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio
The monument stands in the graveyard approximately 20m W of the W end of the church.
II Horseshoe Falls (partly in Llantysilio community)
On the northern boundary of Llangollen Community. In a bend in the River Dee at the start of the Llangollen canal.
II Lodge to Llantysilio Hall
The lodge stands on the W side of the main drive to the Hall, close to the road from Pentre-felin to Rhewl.
II Sundial at Llantysilio Hall
The sundial, formerly in the walled garden, now stands at the centre of the lawn in front of the W elevation of the house.

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Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Tysilio

A Grade II Listed Building in Llantysilio, Denbighshire