Church: Lych Gate
A ‘Lych Gate’, (also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate), from the Old English ‘Lic’ meaning corpse, is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard.
In the Middle Ages, before mortuaries, and at a time when most people died at home, the dead were placed on a bier and taken to the lych gate where they remained, often attended against bodysnatchers, until the funeral service, which may have been a day or two later. The lych gate kept the rain off, and often had seats for the vigil watchers. Bodies at that time were buried in just shrouds rather than coffins. At the funeral, the priest conducted the first part of the service under the shelter of the lych gate.
The gateway was part of the church. It was where the clergy met the funeral party and where the bier rested while part of the service was read before burial. It also served to shelter the pall-bearers while the bier was brought from the church. In some lych gates there stood large flat stones called lich-stones upon which the corpse, usually uncoffined, was laid.
Assets created for this series have been put together in the ‘Church: Collected’ collection.
This asset is designed to fit in with my ‘St.Andrew’s Church’ asset.
Model:
Main:1846 tris
LOD: 54 tris
Textures:
Main: 512 x 512
LOD: 128 x 128
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