Lychgate at the Parish Church of St Derfel, Llandderfel, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9214 / 52°55'16"N

Longitude: -3.5156 / 3°30'56"W

OS Eastings: 298199

OS Northings: 337070

OS Grid: SH981370

Mapcode National: GBR 6H.MY90

Mapcode Global: WH670.ZT2S

Plus Code: 9C4RWFCM+GQ

Entry Name: Lychgate at the Parish Church of St Derfel

Listing Date: 31 January 2001

Last Amended: 31 January 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 24583

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300024583

Location: Facing Church Street at the western end of the churchyard.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llandderfel

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

Lychgate probably of first-half C18 date and restored in the late C19. The structure incorporates late medieval wall plate sections which were probably taken from the chancel.

Exterior

Large lychgate with rough-dressed slatestone side walls and slate roof; moulded bargeboards and deep verges. Six steps curve gently up into the structure from the road, the top one of stone, the remainder of cement. The E and W (entrance) sides have boarded gables above simple canted arches. Single bay roof with chamfered purlins and re-used early C16 wall plate sections. These are coved and partly moulded and have carved foliate bosses along their length. C19 wooden painted half-gates; these have 2-panel lower sections with diagonally-boarded upper sections having simple decorative ironwork.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as an C18 lychgate incorporating medieval wall plate sections reused from the church.

Group value with the Parish Church of St Derfel.

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Lychgate at the Parish Church of St Derfel

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandderfel, Gwynedd