Lychgate to St George's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1954. Lychgate.
Lychgate to St George's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- moated-cobalt-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Beckenham and Penge MP: Liam Conlon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1954
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate to St George's Churchyard, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 374 696
- Coordinates
- 51.40887, -0.02482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate to St George's Churchyard, located on High Street in Beckenham, dates back to the 13th century and was restored in 1924. It is noted as the oldest surviving lychgate in England, according to a tablet attached to it. The structure features an upright timber on each side of the path that supports cross-beams to the north and south, along with additional supporting brackets. It has a tiled hipped roof with gables. A photograph of the lychgate is held in the National Monuments Record.
Local climate
Lychgate to St George's Churchyard 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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