Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lychgate at Church of St Curig
Llangurig, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangurig, Powys, designated on 24 March 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 24 March 2005
- Locality
- Llangurig
- Community
- Llangurig
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.40642, -3.60640
- Cadw reference
- 84296
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the S side of the A44 and forming the main entrance to the church.
History
Lychgate dated 1740, some of the external detail C19.
Exterior
Gabled lychgate constructed of random stone under a slate roof. Entrances to N and S, the shallow arched wooden tie beams with depressed ogee heads. C19 vertical boarding to gables, with decorative barge boards with wave moulding to N side and zig-zag moulding to S side.
Two-bay roof, the central truss also with a depressed ogee-arched tie-beam, supported on corbels. Raked struts above tie-beam; diagonal wind-braces above purlins, all the timbers pegged. On the N side of the central tie-beam is a carved inscription reading 'GD (W) SH 1740 DG (C) IO'. The former initials refer to the churchwardens, George David and Solomon Hamer, the latter initials possibly to the carpenters. A pair of double wooden gates are fixed beneath, with mid-rail and open panels with trefoiled heads.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusually well-detailed C18 lychgate, and for group value with the Church of St Curig and other structures in the village.
Nearby in the register
- Memorial to Chevalier LloydNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- The Blue Bell InnNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Memorial FountainCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of St CurigReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.