Lych Gate at St Mary's Church (15 Metres to South of Porch) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. Lych gate.
Lych Gate at St Mary's Church (15 Metres to South of Porch)
- WRENN ID
- stony-chimney-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Lych gate
- OS grid reference
- TL 271 225
- Coordinates
- 51.8874, -0.15357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate at St Mary's Church, built in 1921 in memory of Reverend G V Oddie (1850-1919), features an oak timber frame set on a high plinth made of knapped flint with stone dressings. It has a red tiled roof and serves as a small gateway at the roadside, gabled to the front and facing south. The roof is supported by a central framed truss with four-centred arched braces, and the spandrels are intricately carved with a rose and portcullis design. On either side of the central tablet, which has raised lettering and embattled cresting, there are cusped openings. A gable cross is located on the north side, and the gate includes a pair of low gates with trefoil piercing.
Local climate
Lych Gate at St Mary's Church (15 Metres to South of Porch) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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