The lych gate, curved walls and piers to the north of the graveyard of St Michael and All Angels Abbey Church, Belmont is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 2012. Lych gate.
The lych gate, curved walls and piers to the north of the graveyard of St Michael and All Angels Abbey Church, Belmont
- WRENN ID
- patient-groin-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 2012
- Type
- Lych gate
- OS grid reference
- SO 481 382
- Coordinates
- 52.03981, -2.75686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate, located to the north of the graveyard of St Michael and All Angels Abbey Church in Belmont, is a timber structure featuring a tiled roof. On either side, there are curved walls made of rubble sandstone with limestone dressings. The piers and gate are believed to be the work of either E.W. Pugin or P.P. Pugin. The square piers, topped with domed caps, are arranged in pairs and are positioned diagonally at the ends of the curved walls, marking the junction with the enclosure walls of the graveyard, which are not included in this assessment. The wooden gateway has angled braces with chamfered edges, and the tiled roof displays alternating rows of plain and fish-scale tiles. The pair of gates features chamfered uprights and a middle rail with a cross on their upper bodies. These details are similar to those found on the gates and gate piers located approximately 30 yards east of the Abbey Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Local climate
The lych gate, curved walls and piers to the north of the graveyard of St Michael and All Angels Abbey Church, Belmont receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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