Walls and Lych Gate to Churchyard of the Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Walls and lych gate.

Walls and Lych Gate to Churchyard of the Church of St Margaret

WRENN ID
twelfth-rampart-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1999
Type
Walls and lych gate
Address
Walls and Lych Gate to Churchyard of the Church of St Margaret, the Green, Rottingdean, the City of Brighton and Hove
OS grid reference
TQ 369 025
Coordinates
50.80649, -0.05721
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls and lych gate to the churchyard of the Church of St Margaret date from the 18th century and 1897. The walls are constructed of cobbles or flint with brick dressings and extend approximately 220 metres along the south side of the churchyard, with various returns. There is a wall about 10 metres south of the lych gate, approximately 25 metres south of Tudor Close, and a further 20 metres north of Tudor Close, as well as about 50 metres on the north side. Openings with brick dressings interrupt the walls at various points. The wall immediately north of the lych gate was built at the same time as the lych gate in 1897.

The lych gate features a timber frame on a flint base with red brick dressings. It has a half-hipped tiled roof with wooden bargeboards. The frame is close-studded and includes arched braces at the ends. An inscription on the church side reads "Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it," while the Green side has the inscription "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise." There are wooden gates on the Green side, and the interior is paved with narrow bricks, featuring a bench on either side. A lantern added in 1992 is also present.

Local climate

Walls and Lych Gate to Churchyard of the Church of St Margaret receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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