Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lychgate to Churchyard
Berriew, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Berriew, Powys, designated on 21 August 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 21 August 1995
- Community
- Berriew
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.59907, -3.20155
- Cadw reference
- 16339
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Forms the main entrance to the churchyard at its W end.
History
Erected as a war memorial after the 1914-18 war.
Exterior
Ashlar base carrying open timber trusses of slate roof. Inscription plates incorporated into interior wall, that to World War II a later addition. Gilded lettering inscribed into the outward face of the outer tie beam. The trusses are close studded with curved braces. Paired gates framed in timber small open panels, with wrought iron braces.
Reason for designation
A simply detailed memorial lychgate which forms an important part of a group at the centre of the village.
Nearby in the register
- Lychgate CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Whittingham's StoresCommercialunder 1 mi
- Rhiew CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 Church TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.