Lych Gate to Church of St Mary and St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1984. Lych gate.
Lych Gate to Church of St Mary and St Peter
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-pedestal-bone
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1984
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate to Church of St Mary and St Peter, Church Lane, Kelsale Cum Carlton
- OS grid reference
- TM 387 651
- Coordinates
- 52.23248, 1.49543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate to the Church of St Mary and St Peter was built in 1890 by E.S. Prior for the rector at the time, Rev. George Irving Davies. It features a timber frame set on a stone and flint plinth, topped with a plain tiled roof. Each side of the entrance has uprights with buttresses that are carved to resemble medieval crown posts. A shallow arched tie beam displays the inscription 'Come unto me ye weary and I will give you rest'. The roof has a sweeping curve over the entrance, with a tall pointed section that encloses an empty niche, and a carved fascia board. The rear of the roof is half hipped.
Local climate
Lych Gate to Church of St Mary and St Peter 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 greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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