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Churchyard Wall and Lychgate to the Church of St John the Baptist

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.923 / 52°55'22"N

Longitude: -4.2714 / 4°16'17"W

OS Eastings: 247396

OS Northings: 338596

OS Grid: SH473385

Mapcode National: GBR 5J.MT0N

Mapcode Global: WH44D.CS7H

Plus Code: 9C4QWPFH+6C

Entry Name: Churchyard Wall and Lychgate to the Church of St John the Baptist

Listing Date: 31 March 1999

Last Amended: 31 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21578

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300021578

Location: The churchyard wall separates the encircling road from the oval graveyard on the S; the lychgate provides access to the churchyard from the road on the W side, opposite the tower.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Criccieth

Community: Llanystumdwy

Community: Llanystumdwy

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

The churchyard wall is probably of medieval origin in part, the lychgate an addition of the C18.

Exterior

The churchyard wall is c1.5m high, built with rounded river boulders on large boulder foundations and coped with crenellated stones. A broad radius curve carries the wall around the corner to the lychgate, beyond which it steps down to the NW corner, whence it returns along the driveway of Ty'n llan.

The lychgate faces W towards Gwindy. A simple rubble-built gabled structure with side walls, returning back and front and supporting iron gates. The roof is slated. The paired gates have square rails and dog rails, all with fluted conical finials, and are harr hung at the bottom. Single purlin roof, using re-used timber, and the soffit is plastered between limewashed rafters.

Reasons for Listing

Included as features of simple vernacular character, and as an important element at the historic core of the village conservation area.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Church of St John the Baptist
    The parish church stands conspicuously in its graveyard on the N side of the Afon Dwyfor in the centre of Llanystuymdwy.
  • II Ty'n Llan
    The house stands behind and on the N side of the Church of St John the Baptist at the centre of the village.
  • II Milestone
    The milestone stands immediately at the W end of the N parapet of the bridge, under a road sign.
  • II Pont Llanystumdwy
    The bridge carries the main street of the village over the Afon Dwyfor.
  • II No 1, Minafon
    The pair of cottages stands at the W end of the village on the S side of the main road opposite the school.
  • II Ysgol Llanystumdwy
    The school lies at the W end of the village, on the N side of the road.
  • II No 2, Minafon
    The pair of cottages stands at the W end of the village on the S side of the main road opposite the school.
  • II* Grave of David Lloyd George
    The grave is on the N side of the road leading E from Pont Llanystumdwy, and on the wooded high bank of the Afon Dwyfor.

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