Building record 1429000000 - Lych gate to St Mary's churchyard

Summary

Late nineteenth century Tudor-style lych gate to St Mary's churchyard, built in 1893

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Farnham Royal Conservation Area

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Type and Period (1)

  • LYCH GATE (Dated 1893, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Tudor-style lych gate. Base of knapped flint and dressed stone with some 'Roman' tiles set into the flintwork to match the church. The roof is gabled, covered with plain clay tiles. Black and white timbering in the gable. Oak Tudor arch with leaf-carving in the spandrels and carved barge boards. It was erected 'in Pious Memory of ECFC' by Colonel F.C. Carr-Gomm, a local benefactor and historian, who lived at The Chase (now Farnham Park). He also paid for the churchyard cross and other church adornments. One side bears the date Christmas 1893 and 'ECFC' must have been Emily Caroline Fortescue Carr, the Colonel’s mother-in-law and a descendant of the Marquis of Lothian, who died in 1893 and was buried in Teddington Cemetery. Within the curtilage of the listed church but significant in its own right and prominent in the street scene. A significant building/building of note within the conservation area of Farnham Royal (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC23628 Unpublished document: South Bucks District Council. 2010. Farnham Royal Conservation Area: Character Appraisal. p25, Appendix B.

Location

Grid reference SU 96137 82746 (point)
Civil Parish FARNHAM ROYAL, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2021 8:21PM

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