Lych Gate About 25 Metres South of Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1985. Lych Gate.

Lych Gate About 25 Metres South of Church of St Paul

WRENN ID
last-chancel-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Three Rivers
Constituency
South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1985
Type
Lych Gate
OS grid reference
TL 080 005
Coordinates
51.69319, -0.43819
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This lych gate, built between 1863 and 1865 by H. Woodyer, is located about 25 meters south of the Church of St. Paul in Abbots Langley. It is constructed of timber and features a tiled roof. The structure is square in shape and supported by four corner posts with curved scissor braces. The roof has a pyramidal base, with small gables at the front and rear, and a smaller gabled crosspiece. The gables are adorned with bracing and quatrefoils. The front gate includes quatrefoil panels, while the rear gate is distinguished by twisted iron colonnettes.

Local climate

Lych Gate About 25 Metres South of Church of St Paul 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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