Lychgate and Churchyard Wall at St Wystan's Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Lychgate, churchyard wall.

Lychgate and Churchyard Wall at St Wystan's Church

WRENN ID
grey-groin-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1986
Type
Lychgate, churchyard wall
Address
Lychgate and Churchyard Wall at St Wystan's Church, Willington Road, Repton
OS grid reference
SK 303 271
Coordinates
52.84069, -1.55129
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate and churchyard wall at St Wystan's Church are of medieval origin, with elements from the 19th century and around 1905. Constructed from random and coursed sandstone and ashlar, the lychgate features a timber structure topped with a plain tile roof. Built as a memorial to Reverend A Formon, the lychgate has a chamfered stone plinth and a timber superstructure. Its sides are divided into two bays, with a plain balustrade between the main uprights. The gabled roof is covered with plain tiles and has open timber gables, which include moulded bressumers and carved bargeboards on the south side. A pair of timber gates curves down to the center.

The attached ashlar walls slope down to square piers that feature gothic panels and pyramid caps. The random coursed wall, which has chamfered copings, encloses the south and west sides of the churchyard. Along the west side, there are four memorial tablets from the late 18th century and early 19th century dedicated to members of the Stevens family. The wall on the southeast side may be medieval and includes four buttresses to the west. Additionally, there is a wall on the north side of the church that encloses a separate rectangular area, made from coursed rubblestone with a stringcourse to the west and chamfered copings.

Local climate

Lychgate and Churchyard Wall at St Wystan's Church receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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