Expertly made Solid Oak Lychgates

We know lychgates as a statement feature in a churchyard. Yet, over time, the lychgate has had a renaissance and is now a prominant feature in more than churches alone.

At the end of driveways, a lychgate is a grand welcome to you and your guests. Then there's your private garden where a solid oak lychgate is a thoroughly traditional garden addition. Not forgetting to mention, whether it's for a driveway or a garden, they also add privacy and security when combined with brick walls or hedges.

Lychgates have also become popular in public spaces.

For more contemporary wedding venues, they add a splash of tradition, a unique selling point for your business. In public gardens, it's a meeting point and a warm welcome to guests as they walk through the natural beauty of an oak lychgate.

Regardless of purpose, we can create whatever lychgate you want. So, if you want a larger, more grand gateway for your country estate, we can do that. Equally, we can do a smaller lychgate for a small private garden. Simply put, any size, we'll make it.

Our skilled artisans create each bespoke solid oak lychgate from scratch. After cutting the oak with precision, we plane each piece for a smooth finish. Then carpentry work is carried out using traditional mortise and tenon joints.

After we've performed a trial assembly, we'll then disassemble and pack it ready for delivery. Your lychgate will arrive in kit form at your desired location, ready for assembly.

Use our oak lychgate designer to create your personal oak lychgate. If you can't quite get the design you want, no stress, do a simple sketch and email it over to us on or call us on 01889 597 283 to discuss.

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How Your Lych Gate Will Arrive

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How To Use The 3D Oak Lychgate Designer

Creating a bespoke lychgate has never been easier thanks to our online designer. By adjusting the controls you'll have a hands-on approach when designing your one-of-a-kind lychgate. Yet, if you need help, call us. We’re happy to assist and bring your vision to life.

There are four different shapes to get you started. From there, as you sculpt and alter the design the 3D model changes in real-time offering you a projected illustration of what your lychgate will look like once assembled.

Here's what each control does and how it changes the design.

Lychgate Design

Gate Style

This is the foundation for your lychgate. We offer four different styles each with distinct features.

• Style 1

This four-post lychgate sits on a dwarf wall. A bold and traditional design.

• Style 2

This style has two posts sitting on a dwarf wall. At the top and bottom of the posts are braces for extra support.

• Style 3

This is the simplest style of lychgate. The two posts go into the ground. It's most common for these to be installed into concrete pads. A minimalist design with a contemporary feel.

• Style 4

This is the most elaborate style of lychgate. Sitting on a dwarf wall are four posts with a further four posts meeting the ground. An extravagant design with a wow factor.

Size

Once you’ve chosen your style, it’s now time to adjust the size of the lychgate. Measurements are in metres. It's also important to note that we make the measurements from the outside of the posts to the adjacent outside of the post.

• Size 1

In the first section, this control alters the basic size profile of the lychgate. Here you can adjust the width and length. These sizes are adjustable at 0.1 metre intervals to get a precise size to fit existing walls or spaces. Once the depth is above 2.9m, the designer adds another two posts and truss to the structures for stability.

• Size 2

The second sizing allows you to adjust the clearance. This is the overall height of the lychgate. Furthermore, there's another control to adjust the roof pitch that will determine how steep the roof will be.

Wall Inset

On lychgate styles 1 and 4, you can add a wall inset. This control adds small right angled insets to the sides at the entrance and exit of the gate.

Thickness

The thickness controls the cross section size of beams and head plates. You have a choice of 150mm, 175mm, or 200mm. Thickness has no bearing on durability and is only a question of cosmetic taste.

Boarding | Battens | Roofing

This collection of controls determines the aesthetics and makeup of the roof.

Battens

Whether you use your own tiles or our supplied shingles, you will need battens to fix them to the lychgate roof. We supply softwood or oak battens.

Boarding (optional)

On the bottomside of the roof which you see when looking up from inside the lychgate, you will see the underside of your roofing solution and the battens they affix to.

Boarding is fixed to the rafters before the battens and conceal the battens and shingles from view creating a more uniform aesthetic. When boarding is used, typically people opt for softwood battens to reduce cost as the perform similarly to the oak battens.

We have the following boarding available:

• Larch
• Cedar
• Oak

When boarding isn't used, oak battens offer a superior aesthetic.

Roofing

The strength of our lychgate means you can fix any tiles. So, if you want to use similar tiles to an existing building, use the 'No Roof' button. That said, we can supply cedar shingles that'll maintain the traditional timber aesthetic. They come untreated and can last up to 35 years.

Dwarf Wall Size

The dwarf wall size control determines the height of the wall where the lychgate sits. Please note, we don't include brickwork in the lychgate kit, but we'll cut the posts, to suit your chosen wall size.

Choose between:

• 225mm
• 450mm
• 675mm

Why Buy Your Lychgate From Oak Timber Structures Ltd

Here at Oak Timber Structures, our team has accumulated over 100 years of experience in the timber industry. Such knowledge is indispensable for creating a bespoke oak lychgate. Furthermore, we use our years of experience to help customers accomplish any oak lychgate design. We are here at every step.

• High Quality oak products
• High Quality customer service

We are proud of the quality of our oak structures. From the grade of the European oak to the intricate detail in craftsmanship. We strive for the best in both product quality and customer relations.

The strongest and most elegant oak structures start with the best timber. But that's just the beginning. Working with timber, especially oak, requires skills and expertise. Bespoke to order we craft each oak lychgate to the highest standards.

Our passion for oak is at the heart of our inspiration. As Steve Jobs once said, "...the only way to produce great work is to love what you do".

Our innovative lychgate 3D designer and pricing matrix offers a tailored buying experience designing a bespoke oak lychgate. Watch your new timber lychgate design take shape as you alter dimensions and specs.

Kiss goodbye to random quotes. With instant and transparent pricing, you can watch the cost change as you alter the design. It's yet another way we strive to innovate and establish a tailored buying experience for our clients.

How To Order Your Oak Framed Lychgate

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Ordering from Oak Timber Structures is straightforward. Nevertheless, our team is on hand to help throughout the process. Here are the simple steps to order bespoke oak lychgate:

1. First, create the oak lychgate using the designer or send drawings to contact@oaktimberstructures.co.uk
2. For online orders, click ‘Add to Basket’.
3. Navigate to your shopping basket where you can checkout securely online. We accept all major credit cards excluding American Express (as image). If you run into any checkout issues, please contact us using the online chat or call us and we’ll talk you through the process. Alternatively, you can order over the phone.
4. We then produce technical drawings for you to sign off and gain approval from a structural engineer if needed. CAD drawings take approximately 2 - 5 working days to produce.
5. If you are unhappy with an aspect of the drawings, we encourage you to call and seek advice from our helpful and friendly staff. They’ll revise the drawings accordingly and send them back to you for re-approval.
6. Once signed off, we add your structure to the production queue and create it according to the stated lead times. During this time, many people use the approved drawings to get their groundwork in place if required.
7. Our skilled team assembles the oak lychgate to make sure there are no issues. This also allows us to code all components for seamless assembly. We then dismantle the lychgate and organise it into transportable kit form.
8. If you're running behind schedule, we're happy to store your structure for up to 2 to 3 weeks at no extra charge. Please note that we limit storage to this. As green oak dries, it shrinks. Shrinkage is normal. In fact, our skilled staff prepares your structure for shrinkage to fuse joints, making them tighter and more robust. Yet, after 2 to 3 weeks, joints can become misaligned and harder to assemble, so it's important to limit storage time.
9. We schedule delivery by liaising with you once your bespoke oak lychgate are complete.