Andrew Simpson: When Richard took our Lych Gate to Barlow Hall

l am a great admirer of the models Richard Griffiths constructs and especially so his latest of the Lych Gate beside Chorlton Green.

The original has long been one of the iconic images of where we live.

So l was pleased to see that it will feature in this year's Chorlton Arts Festival, and will be on display with heaps of other art at Barlow Hall.*

The model has already been exhibited in the Marble on Manchester Road and in the window of Chorlton Book Shop.

But l will drop in to Barlow Hall to see it again along with what promises to be the largest collection of paintings by Chorlton artists.

And that is it.

Location; Barlow Hall

Picture; Model of the Lych Gate courtesy of Richard Griffiths, 2025

Andrew Simpson