Listed Building: LYCH GATE TO NEW CEMETERY (FORMERLY ENTRANCE TO KITCHEN GARDEN OF MORETON HOUSE) (108649)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 373/4/189
Date assigned 02 October 1984
Date last amended

Description

SY 88 NW 4/189 MORETON Lych Gate to new Cemetery. (Formerly entrance to kitchen garden of Moreton House.) II Cemetery lychgate. c1800, rebuilt on new site c1950. Four Ionic columns supporting a pedimented timber canopy, with moulded entablature. Carved swags in pediment. Modern stone walls inside this structure contain panels from the Obelisk (Map Ref.4/187 ) inscribed in English and Latin. These record that the Obelisk was erected in 1781 by Captain John Houlton in memory of James Frampton. RCHM Monument 2. Listing NGR: SY8041789222

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Location

Grid reference SY 8041 8922 (point)
Civil Parish Kimmeridge; Dorset
District (historic) Purbeck
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Aug 5 2022 3:27PM