Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lychgate at Church of St Mary
Mechell, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bodewryd, Amlwch, Mechell, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 2 May 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 2 May 2001
- Locality
- Bodewryd
- Town
- Amlwch
- Community
- Mechell
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.38793, -4.40690
- Cadw reference
- 25172
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 93 Holyhead (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the entrance of the churchyard to the Church of St Mary at Bodewryd; c3km ESE of Llanfechell.
History
The lychgate has no dateable features but is similar in style and build to others on the island; possibly contemporary with the late C19 restoration of the adjacent church.
Exterior
Simple lychgate built of local rubble masonry. A round-headed arch of rough voussoirs with flanking rectangular sides. The arch retains a much-weathered timber lintel and was previously hung with the gate to the church and churchyard.
Reason for designation
Included as a simple rural lychgate with a vernacular character which forms a group with the adjacent church.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Plas BodewrydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dovecote at Plas BodewrydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bodewryd Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.