Lych Gate About 50 Yards North-West of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1966. Lychgate.
Lych Gate About 50 Yards North-West of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- carved-thatch-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1966
- Type
- Lychgate
- OS grid reference
- SO 592 614
- Coordinates
- 52.24988, -2.59775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This lych gate, located about 50 yards north-west of the Church of St Michael, has origins dating back to the 15th century. It features a timber frame set on a rubble base, topped with a stone-tiled roof arranged in diminishing courses. The roof is supported by arch-braced tie-beam trusses with raking struts, and the wall-plates are also arch-braced. The lych gate includes a central pair of timber gates equipped with old iron latches.
Local climate
Lych Gate About 50 Yards North-West of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% 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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