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Lych gate — Glaslough

Lych gate
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Lych gate — Glaslough
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Lych gate to graveyard, dated 1892, comprising rectangular-plan structure of square-plan timber posts atop concrete plinth, supporting timber king-post roof with chamfered corners to structural members, pitched tiled roof with pointed timber finials and carved timber bargeboards with quotation from bible and date '1892'. Double-leaf wrought-iron gate to road end of structure with dressed square-plan piers having rounded caps, and with stile to north side. Lych gate gives access to rectangular-plan graveyard, walls of which are of rubble limestone with rock-faced coping stones. Yew avenue to interior, and square-plan carved limestone monument of c.1905 to Whitsitt family, latter having marble urn to top and inscribed marble plaque to front.

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