Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lych Gate to St Matthew's Church
Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Buckley, Flintshire, designated on 11 August 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 11 August 1997
- Locality
- Buckley
- Community
- Buckley
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17423, -3.07281
- Cadw reference
- 18756
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at the entrance to a churchyard on the E side of Church Road in the NE part of Buckley.
History
Designed by Douglas & Minshull and erected in 1902. The roof was originally slated and this was replaced with tiles late C20.
Exterior
Timber-framed with tile roof. Open lych gate of traditional design, it is gabled with fretted bargeboards, a crucifix finial and cusped open arcading in the gable.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with St. Matthew's Church.
Nearby in the register
- St Matthew's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hawkesbury HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Industrial Tramway, Near BuckleyTramroadunder 1 mi
- The TivoliRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.