Lychgate About 10 Metres South of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1963. Lychgate.
Lychgate About 10 Metres South of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- over-rubblework-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1963
- Type
- Lychgate
- OS grid reference
- TR 269 566
- Coordinates
- 51.26355, 1.25144
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This lychgate, located about 10 metres south of the Church of St. James, dates from 1664. It is timber framed and features a plain tiled roof. The structure has three posts that are arched braced to the ground, with additional braces connecting these arches to the roof plate. The roof is hipped and includes gablets. There are arched heads for the pedestrian entry and a less pronounced arch for the main bier gateway. Above the bier gate, there is an inscription that reads: HS.1664 I.B.
Local climate
Lychgate About 10 Metres South of Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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