Lych Gate and Churchyard Wall to Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Lych gate and wall.
Lych Gate and Churchyard Wall to Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- wild-minaret-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Lych gate and wall
- Address
- Lych Gate and Churchyard Wall to Church of St Michael and All Angels, High Road, Stapleford
- OS grid reference
- TL 312 146
- Coordinates
- 51.81521, -0.09663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate and churchyard wall to the Church of St. Michael and All Angels were built between 1871 and 1872 by H. Woodyer. The structure is made of snecked Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings. The timber and tiled lych gate features a stone base and a steep gabled head with half hips. It consists of three bays with pointed arches and stone corbels supporting the timber. The sides are open and panelled, with small side buttresses at the rear. The roof includes small lateral gables adorned with timber tracery. There are steps leading up to double panelled gates topped with a cross finial.
The wall surrounds the eastern, northern, and western sides of the churchyard and is approximately one meter high, featuring triangular coping. There are occasional steps leading up to the wall, with more frequent steps on the northern and western sides. Ramps lead up to the lych gate and to an opening in the southwest, which has a shaped iron lamp bracket with scroll ornamentation and a ridge cross. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lych Gate and Churchyard Wall to Church of St Michael and All Angels sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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