Listed Building record MDO17736 - Lych Gate to New Cemetery, Moreton

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Cemetery lychgate built around 1800 and rebuilt on a new site around 1950. Four Ionic columns support a pedimented timber canopy, with moulded entablature. Modern stone walls inside this structure contain panels from the obelisk (MDO7845) inscribed in English and Latin. These record that the Obelisk was erected in 1781 by Captain John Houlton in memory of James Frampton.

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GREENBACK List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Scheduling record). SDO19706.

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  • --- Scheduling record: GREENBACK List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Grid reference SY 80417 89223 (point)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Moreton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Aug 4 2025 11:30AM

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