Lych Gate at Parish Church (20 Metres North East of Chancel) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Lych gate.
Lych Gate at Parish Church (20 Metres North East of Chancel)
- WRENN ID
- drifting-dormer-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Lych gate
- OS grid reference
- TL 476 188
- Coordinates
- 51.84888, 0.14186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate at the Parish Church, located 20 metres northeast of the chancel in Thorley village, dates from around 1909, as indicated by a memorial inscription. It is possibly designed by Eustace Frere. This elaborate structure features an oak timber-framed gateway set on a dressed limestone plinth, topped with a steep gabled tiled roof. The bargeboards are decorated with billet moulding and feature sinuous carvings, with a cross on a lozenge at the apex. Inside, chamfered cambered tie beams support a king post and curved struts. There are deep wooden seats on either side, enclosed in a framed and weatherboarded outshot, which includes two-light trefoil-headed wooden traceried openings in the upper part. The gate is complemented by a decorative pair of low wooden gates leading to the lane.
Local climate
Lych Gate at Parish Church (20 Metres North East of Chancel) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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