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Summary

Lych gate of 1909 which was restored in 1976.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LYCH GATE (Built, Edwardian - 1909 AD to 1909 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.

Lych gate at the northern entrance to the churchyard.

Historic England, 2024, The Church of St Michael and All Angels, former Sexton's house and lych gate, Waterleat Avenue, Honiton (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV366204.

At the north entrance to the churchyard is a memorial lych gate of 1909 to Hugh John Fortescue which was restored in 1976. It has stone side walls and a timber frame with curved braces which support the plain tiled gablet roof. There is cusped openwork to each gablet, and the ridge is crowned with the remains of a cross. The timber gates have been removed.
Historic England is currently considering whether the List entry for the church should be amended, including the lych gate as a subsidiary feature, as part of a strategic project to help address buldings on the Heritage at Risk Register in the South West.

Historic England, 2025, Church of St Michael and All Angels and lych gate, Waterleat Avenue, Honiton, Devon (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV366399.

Notification that the list entry for the church has been amended. The lych gate has been included as a subsidiary feature.

Historic England, 2025, National Heritage List for England 2025 (National Heritage List for England). SDV366287.

Church of St Michael and All Angels and lych gate. This was the orginal parish church of Honiton, built around 1480 on the site of an earlier chapel. It was extended in the early C16 but became a chapel of ease to the new parish church in 1838. Restored in 1896 by E H Harbottle, it was rebuilt and restored in 1912 by CE Ponting after a devasting fire. Lych gate of 1909; restored 1976.
Subsidiary feature: At the north entrance to the churchyard is a memorial lych gate of 1909 to Hugh John Fortescue which was restored in 1976. It has stone side walls and a timber frame with curved braces which support the plain tiled gablet roof. There is cusped openwork to each gablet, and the ridge is crowned with the remains of a cross. The timber gates have been removed.
See listing description for full details of the church.
The church was originally listed: 1st June 1949. The lych gate was added as a subsidiary feature: 11th February 2025 when the list entry was amended.

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