A lychgate or resurrection gate is a covered gateway found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. Examples also exist outside the British Isles in places such as Newfoundland, the Upland South and Texas in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway, and Sweden.
A lych gate in Ceredigion, Wales, decorated for a wedding
Lych gate, St George's church, Beckenham, South London, said to be the oldest in England
A traditional English lychgate
Millennium lychgate at Lenton, Lincolnshire
Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
The Church of St. James the Less is a historic Episcopal church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that was architecturally influential. As St. James-the-Less Episcopal Church, it was designated a National Historic Landmark for its Gothic Revival architecture, which influenced a generation of subsequent churches.
Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
St. Michael's Church, now disused, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, England, the model for St. James-the-Less
Wanamaker Memorial Bell Tower and Mausoleum (1908), John T. Windrim, architect.
Church interior, circa 1870s-90s