Bickington Devon
Covered Lych gate at the entrance to the church of St Mary the Virgin, Bickington Devon, with the parish room above , build in 1901, incorporates an early / mid 16c carved wooden arch from an earlier lychgate mentioned in an account of the 1883 -4 restoration as &quot;the ancient lych gate upon the south approach to the church&quot;.
Roughcast stone and exposed timber-framed, it has a slated roof with chimney on the east gable.  Above the open entrance are 2 small chambers on the east side reached by an external stone staircase built round the south and east sides. 
On the south face of the building is a metal plaque commemorating  &quot;Mains water to Bickington 11th January 1962&quot;. 
It also commemorates the local men who died in the Great War of 1914 - 18 
Alfred Samuel Badcock 1915 aged 28 ; John Blackler 1915 aged 33;  John Bickford Harris 1916 aged 20; William Venning Harris 1915 aged 24; Thomas George Willcocks 1917 aged 35; 
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