Heston Church Lych Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. Lych gate.

Heston Church Lych Gate

WRENN ID
sunken-beam-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hounslow
Constituency
Brentford and Isleworth MP: Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1951
Type
Lych gate
Address
Heston Church Lych Gate, Heston Road, TW5 0RD
OS grid reference
TQ 131 775
Coordinates
51.48517, -0.37253
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Heston Church Lych Gate, formerly known as St Leonard's Church Lych Gate, is a modern reconstruction built using materials from the 15th or 16th century.

Local climate

Heston Church Lych Gate sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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