Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lych gate at Church of St John the Baptist
Maelor South, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bettisfield, Maelor South, Wrexham, designated on 18 November 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 18 November 2005
- Locality
- Bettisfield
- Community
- Maelor South
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.91881, -2.80199
- Cadw reference
- 86964
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1861 · 73. Market Drayton. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 138 Wem (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
To the SE of the church facing the main road through Bettisfield.
History
Built with the church in 1874 by G.E. Street, architect of London.
Exterior
A Gothic Revival lych gate of ashlar walls with tile-hung gables and a steep tile roof with cresting, and with lower outer lean-to roofs. The entrance has roll-moulded jambs and a wooden pointed arch with 2 orders of ovolo moulding. An iron gate is on the outer side. Side walls have narrow unglazed lights.
Inside are pointed-arch recesses to the side walls, with wooden benches.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine Gothic Revival lych gate and an integral component of the parish church.
Nearby in the register
- Bettisfield war memorialNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of St John the BaptistReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bettisfield HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.