diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTLexer.g4 b/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTLexer.g4
index c3e04e9..6c4469e 100644
--- a/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTLexer.g4
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTLexer.g4
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ FINAL: [fF][iI][nN][aA][lL];
 ABSTRACT: [aA][Bb][sS][tT][Rr][aA][cC][tT];
 STATIC: [sS][tT][aA][tT][iI][cC];
 SCRIPTOPEN: '<' [cC] [fF] [sS] [cC] [rR] [iI] [pP] [tT] '>';
+// Lucee's template block: ``` drops out of cfscript into template markup, the mirror of
+// <cfscript> dropping the other way. The body interpolates #...# like a string does.
+OPEN_TEMPLATE: '```' -> pushMode(InTemplate);
 SCRIPTCLOSE:'</' [cC] [fF] [sS] [cC] [rR] [iI] [pP] [tT] '>';
 // operators
 DOT: '.';
@@ -456,4 +459,17 @@ HASH_SINGLE
 
 mode HashMode;
 HashMode_ANY:  -> popMode,skip;
- 
\ No newline at end of file
+
+mode InTemplate;
+CLOSE_TEMPLATE
+	: '```' -> popMode
+;
+TEMPLATE_DOUBLEHASH
+	: '##' -> type(DOUBLEHASH)
+;
+TEMPLATE_LITERAL
+	: (~[`#]+ | '`' ~[`] | '``' ~[`])+
+;
+TEMPLATE_HASH
+	: '#' -> type(POUND_SIGN),pushMode(HashMode),pushMode(DefaultMode)
+;
diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTParser.g4 b/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTParser.g4
index cd5cbe6..f2514ac 100644
--- a/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTParser.g4
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTParser.g4
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ cfscriptBlock
   : SCRIPTOPEN scriptBlock SCRIPTCLOSE
   ;
 
+// The inverse of cfscriptBlock: markup embedded in cfscript, between ``` fences, with
+// #...# interpolation as in a string literal.
+templateBlock
+  : OPEN_TEMPLATE (templateLiteralPart | POUND_SIGN anExpression POUND_SIGN)* CLOSE_TEMPLATE
+  ;
+
+templateLiteralPart
+  : TEMPLATE_LITERAL | DOUBLEHASH
+  ;
+
 componentDeclaration
   : componentModifier? COMPONENT componentAttribute* componentGuts //-> ( COMPDECL componentAttribute* componentGuts)
   ;
@@ -154,6 +164,7 @@ statement
   |   startExpression SEMICOLON
   |   SEMICOLON // empty statement
   | functionCall // without semi
+  | templateBlock
   ;
   
 endOfStatement
diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/main/java/cfml/parsing/cfscript/script/CFTemplateBlockStatement.java b/cfml.parsing/src/main/java/cfml/parsing/cfscript/script/CFTemplateBlockStatement.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa71c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/main/java/cfml/parsing/cfscript/script/CFTemplateBlockStatement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package cfml.parsing.cfscript.script;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Token;
+
+import cfml.parsing.cfscript.CFExpression;
+import cfml.parsing.util.ArrayBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Lucee's template block: markup embedded in cfscript between <code>```</code> fences, the mirror
+ * of <code>&lt;cfscript&gt;</code> dropping the other way.
+ *
+ * The body is markup rather than cfscript, so it is kept as its source text and written back
+ * unchanged. What a consumer needs from it is the interpolated <code>#...#</code> expressions,
+ * which are parsed and reachable through {@link #getExpressions()} and {@link
+ * #decomposeExpression()} -- a variable used only inside a template block is still a use.
+ */
+public class CFTemplateBlockStatement extends CFParsedStatement {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	private static final String FENCE = "```";
+
+	private String content;
+	private List<CFExpression> expressions;
+
+	public CFTemplateBlockStatement(Token _t, String _content, List<CFExpression> _expressions) {
+		super(_t);
+		content = _content;
+		expressions = _expressions == null ? new ArrayList<CFExpression>() : _expressions;
+		for (CFExpression expression : expressions) {
+			expression.setParent(this);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** The markup between the fences, exactly as written, interpolations included. */
+	public String getContent() {
+		return content;
+	}
+
+	/** The <code>#...#</code> expressions inside the block, in source order. */
+	public List<CFExpression> getExpressions() {
+		return expressions;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String Decompile(int indent) {
+		return FENCE + content + FENCE;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<CFExpression> decomposeExpression() {
+		return expressions;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<CFScriptStatement> decomposeScript() {
+		return ArrayBuilder.createCFScriptStatement();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/main/java/cfml/parsing/cfscript/walker/CFScriptStatementVisitor.java b/cfml.parsing/src/main/java/cfml/parsing/cfscript/walker/CFScriptStatementVisitor.java
index 8e543f1..653b841 100644
--- a/cfml.parsing/src/main/java/cfml/parsing/cfscript/walker/CFScriptStatementVisitor.java
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/main/java/cfml/parsing/cfscript/walker/CFScriptStatementVisitor.java
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
 import java.util.Stack;
 
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.ParserRuleContext;
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Token;
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.misc.Interval;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTree;
 
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.AbortStatementContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.AdminStatementContext;
+import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.AnExpressionContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.AnonymousFunctionDeclarationContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.AssignmentExpressionContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.BaseExpressionContext;
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.StartExpressionContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.StatementContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.SwitchStatementContext;
+import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.TemplateBlockContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.TagFunctionStatementContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.TagStatementContext;
 import cfml.CFSCRIPTParser.TagThrowStatementContext;
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFScriptStatement;
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFSwitchStatement;
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFTagThrowStatement;
+import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFTemplateBlockStatement;
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFThreadStatement;
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFThrowStatement;
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFTransactionStatement;
@@ -585,6 +590,25 @@ public CFScriptStatement visitExitStatement(ExitStatementContext ctx) {
 		return exitStatement;
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public CFScriptStatement visitTemplateBlock(TemplateBlockContext ctx) {
+		// The body is markup, not cfscript, so it is kept verbatim rather than modelled. Only the
+		// interpolations are parsed -- without a visitor here the block vanished from the tree and
+		// its #...# expressions leaked out as bare statements.
+		List<CFExpression> expressions = new ArrayList<CFExpression>();
+		for (AnExpressionContext interpolation : ctx.anExpression()) {
+			CFExpression expression = cfExpressionVisitor.visit(interpolation);
+			if (expression != null) {
+				expressions.add(expression);
+			}
+		}
+		Token open = ctx.OPEN_TEMPLATE().getSymbol();
+		Token close = ctx.CLOSE_TEMPLATE().getSymbol();
+		String content = open.getInputStream().getText(
+				Interval.of(open.getStopIndex() + 1, close.getStartIndex() - 1));
+		return new CFTemplateBlockStatement(open, content, expressions);
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public CFScriptStatement visitParamStatement(ParamStatementContext ctx) {
 		// System.out.println("visitParamStatement");
diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/template_block_48.cfc b/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/template_block_48.cfc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7d0b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/template_block_48.cfc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name = "World";
+user = { age: 30 };
+```
+<h1>Hello #name#</h1>
+<p>You are #user.age# years old</p>
+```
+after = 1;
diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/template_block_48.expected.txt b/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/template_block_48.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07c701a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/template_block_48.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/*===TOKENS===*/
+IDENTIFIER               <name>
+'='                      <=>
+OPEN_STRING              <">
+STRING_LITERAL           <World>
+CLOSE_STRING             <">
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+IDENTIFIER               <user>
+'='                      <=>
+'{'                      <{>
+IDENTIFIER               <age>
+':'                      <:>
+INTEGER_LITERAL          <30>
+'}'                      <}>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+OPEN_TEMPLATE            <```>
+TEMPLATE_LITERAL         <<h1>Hello>
+'#'                      <#>
+IDENTIFIER               <name>
+'#'                      <#>
+TEMPLATE_LITERAL         <</h1>
+<p>You are>
+'#'                      <#>
+IDENTIFIER               <user>
+'.'                      <.>
+IDENTIFIER               <age>
+'#'                      <#>
+TEMPLATE_LITERAL         <years old</p>>
+CLOSE_TEMPLATE           <```>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+IDENTIFIER               <after>
+'='                      <=>
+INTEGER_LITERAL          <1>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+/*===TREE===*/
+(scriptBlock
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (assignmentExpression
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier name))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression
+            (unaryExpression
+              (primaryExpression
+                (literalExpression (stringLiteral " (stringLiteralPart World) "))
+              )
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (assignmentExpression
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier user))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression
+            (unaryExpression
+              (primaryExpression
+                (implicitStruct
+                  {
+                  (implicitStructElements
+                    (implicitStructExpression
+                      (implicitStructKeyExpression (multipartIdentifier (identifier age)))
+                      :
+                      (baseExpression (unaryExpression (primaryExpression (literalExpression 30))))
+                    )
+                  )
+                  }
+                )
+              )
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (templateBlock
+        ```
+        (templateLiteralPart '\n<h1>Hello ')
+        #
+        (anExpression
+          (startExpression
+            (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier name))))
+          )
+        )
+        #
+        (templateLiteralPart '</h1>\n<p>You are ')
+        #
+        (anExpression
+          (startExpression
+            (baseExpression
+              (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier user) . (identifier age)))
+            )
+          )
+        )
+        #
+        (templateLiteralPart ' years old</p>\n')
+        ```
+      )
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (assignmentExpression
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier after))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (primaryExpression (literalExpression 1))))
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+)
+/*======*/
+/*===DECOMPILE===*/
+{
+name = 'World';
+user = {age:30};
+```
+<h1>Hello #name#</h1>
+<p>You are #user.age# years old</p>
+```;
+after = 1;
+
+}
+/*======*/
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