Lychgate is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1949. Lychgate.
Lychgate
- WRENN ID
- noble-belfry-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1949
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate, 5, Church Street, Bexhill-On-Sea
- OS grid reference
- TQ 746 080
- Coordinates
- 50.84558, 0.47902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate at No. 5 Church Street in the Old Town dates from the 18th century and is part of a larger building that has an earlier structure beneath it. It is two storeys high and features three windows. The exterior is made of painted brick, with a brick stringcourse consisting of two plain courses and one course of cogging. The eaves cornice is present, and the building has a steep tiled roof. The doorway is topped with a flat hood and has a door made up of six moulded and fielded panels, with the top two panels being glazed. This lychgate is part of a group that includes Nos 2 to 5 (consecutive), No 5A, St Peter's Church, and Nos 6 to 15 (consecutive), along with Rimswell Cottage.
Local climate
Lychgate receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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