Lychgate to Churchyard of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Lychgate.
Lychgate to Churchyard of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- stony-floor-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1988
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate to Churchyard of Church of St Martin, Church Lane, Preston
- OS grid reference
- TL 178 247
- Coordinates
- 51.90887, -0.28783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St. Martin, built around 1900, is likely designed by architect Thomas Carter for the church of that period. This oak structure features a steep old red tile roof and is a small open design with two sill-beams, wallplates, and a ridge running north to south. Each side has two wide-spaced chamfered posts set in from the corners, with convex braces extending down to the sill beam at the corners. There are also two cusped curved braces connecting each post to the wallplate. Longer curved braces from the posts support a cambered collar to the second rafter in from each end, with a wooden cross as infill. The ends of the structure are adorned with moulded bargeboards. There are sinkings for gate fixings on the posts closer to the road, and a Yorkstone threshold is present on the roadside. This lychgate is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lychgate to Churchyard of Church of St Martin 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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