The Lychgate at Kirkley Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1998. Lychgate. 1 related planning application.
The Lychgate at Kirkley Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- crooked-beam-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1998
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- The Lychgate at Kirkley Cemetery, London Road South, Lowestoft
- OS grid reference
- TM 538 910
- Coordinates
- 52.45832, 1.73543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lychgate at Kirkley Cemetery is a lychgate built in 1880 by JL Clemence. It features random stone with stone dressings and timber framing, topped with a plain-tile pyramidal roof, showcasing the Arts and Crafts style. The structure has a square plan, with stone walls on either side of the carriageway that have returns. The walls towards the center create a gateway on the London Road side, while the others provide support for curved braces. Above these walls is an intricate timber-framed superstructure, with some square panels filled with decorative woodwork, including simple panel tracery and quatrefoils. The roof is topped with a bellcote. This lychgate is part of a group with the North Eastern and South Western Chapels. It is a large and elaborate structure.
Local climate
The Lychgate at Kirkley Cemetery receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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