The lychgate is a thing of vernacular beauty. It is of the C15th, and is of crown post construction carried on ties with arched braces. I photographed it from every angle possible. It lured me in.

The name lychgate comes from Old English līc, meaning corpse. It describes the covered churchyard gateway where a coffin rested before the funeral service began.

What is so appealing about timber framed buildings is the honesty of their construction - not a morsel wasted - everything is structural, has a purpose - and out of that is extruded a kind of sinuous beauty.

And then contagion. After taking a side shot of the gate, I notice another building - short and stock and of c.1500


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