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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 74 NE 26 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | Lychgate timber framed 16thc or earlier, Churh Hill, Boughton Monchelsea |
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Summary
Lychgate timber framed 16thc or earlier Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1450 to 1599
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7709 4992 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ74NE |
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| Parish: | BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- LYCH GATE (Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1068606: LYCHGATE |
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Full description
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(TQ77094992) Lychgate (NAT). (1) Lychgate, Church Hill. Grade II*. C16 or earlier, a relatively uncommon survival in this area. (2) Additional bibliography. (3-4)
Description from record TQ 74 NE 127:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA CHURCH HILL TQ 74 NE (East side)
2/23 25.7.52 Lychgate
GV II*
Lychgate. C16 or earlier. Timber framed, with plain tile roof. 2 timber- framed bays. Gabled. 3 trusses. Chamfered posts un-jowled but with upstands to top, and jowled to bases. Cambered chamfered tie-beams with short solid-spandrel braces. Similar braces to wall-plates. Moulded octagonal crown-post with head braces, to central truss. 2 outer crown-posts plain, with head and foot-braces. Collar purlin and wall-plates extend beyond the end trusses by about 2 rafters. Gable end collars have king struts above. Cusped bargeboards. Side walls open above midrails, boarded below, with continuous seat. Ground-cills on stone plinths. A relatively uncommon survival in this area. Listing NGR: TQ7692749528 (5)
<1> OS 1:2500 1969 (OS Card Reference). SKE48211.
<2> DOE(HHR)Boro of Maidstone Kent 25 March 1987 15 (OS Card Reference). SKE41234.
<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and Weald 1980 176 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38033.
<4> Old Crosses and Lychgates 1920 168 (A Vallance) (OS Card Reference). SKE47863.
<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1969. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Boro of Maidstone Kent 25 March 1987 15. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and Weald 1980 176 (J Newman). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Old Crosses and Lychgates 1920 168 (A Vallance). |
| <5>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #18683 Gate, ] |
