Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Entrance piers, gates and steps to Lychgate at the Church of St Beuno and St Mary
Whitford, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Whitford, Holywell, Flintshire, designated on 25 May 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 25 May 2001
- Locality
- Whitford
- Town
- Holywell
- Community
- Whitford
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.29332, -3.28205
- Cadw reference
- 25250
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 96 Liverpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The S entrance to the lychgate and church in the centre of Whitford Village. Fronting the road opposite the Huntsman PH, with Ivy House immediately to the E.
History
Probably C17-18.
Exterior
Two square-section piers of dressed sandstone with moulded capstones. Fixed to the capstones is an arched iron overthrow with scrolls to the bases and an ornamental iron lamp to the top. Between the stone piers are double cast iron gates with lancet heads under the top rails and plain finials, a lock rail with quatrefoil decoration, dog rails and a base rail with quatrefoils. From the entrance gates, the lychgate is reached by 3 flights of stone steps with moulded treads, bounded by high rubble stone walls.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine entrance feature in a prominent position in the village and for group value with lychgate and the Church of St Beuno and St Mary.
Nearby in the register
- Lychgate at the Church of St Beuno and St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ivy House including boundary retaining walls and railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Jasmine HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-boxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.