21. Some of the stones form a path from the lych gate to the nave door and beyond to the west door. 22. Nearby, through a lych gate , is a graveyard that is, unusually, separated from the church by a road. 23. A lych gate to the south of the church leads into the southern section of the graveyard which has generally been levelled. 24. A decorative lych gate is located at the southeast of the garden, on the corner of Toorak Road and Hillside Crescent. 25. In some lych gates there stood large flat stones called lich-stones upon which the corpse, usually uncoffined, was laid. 26. On the hill, the grade I listed Parish Church of St . Mary and St . Peter has a distinctive lych gate . 27. The 19th-century St Mary's Church, with its contemporary lych gate and flanking walls are all Grade II listed buildings. 28. Lych Gate at Shanklin Old ChurchThe church is medieval but was largely rebuilt in 1859 . It is also known as Shanklin Old Church.29. On Sundays Darwin sometimes went with them as far as the lych gate to the churchyard, and then he would go for a walk. 30. The most common form of lych gate is a simple shed composed of a roof with two gabled ends, covered with tiles or thatch.
