Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lychgate to Churchyard of church of St Ellyw
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68352, -4.16184
- Cadw reference
- 11889
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at south west angle of churchyard on south side of former Upper Church Street, now footpath.
History
Dated 1911,
Exterior
ornate stone and timber lych-gate with steep bell-cast hipped plain-tiled roof and lead ridge with wooden cross finial. Battered base walls each side, of rock-faced rubble with red sandstone ashlar quoins and coping, the walls returned inwards each end to frame stone benches within. North side carved stone plaque 'This lych-gate was erected to commemorate the rebuilding of the parish church by Arthur D Davies 1911'. West front paired timber gates.
Very ornate timber-framed upper part with intricate timber tracery to heads of open panels and to front spandrels. 1-4-1 panels each side and single panel to front each side of main entry which has big arched braces and traceried spandrel panels. Posts carry carved brackets to rafter undersides. Bell-cast roof has ornately carved west front dormer gable with bargeboards and traceried pierced 3-light triangular opening.
Roof within lych-gate has carved angel heads in angles under curved brackets up to false ridge with diagonally set king posts up to true ridge above. Tracery in spandrel spaces and between ridges.
Reason for designation
An unusually ornate example of Arts and Crafts inspired Gothic woodwork.
Group Value.
Nearby in the register
- The War Memorial in Churchyard of St EllywCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Cross in Churchyard of St EllywReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Mansell ArmsCommercialunder 1 mi
- 24 Vaughan St / Bridge StDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.