Lychgate is a Grade II* listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 1952. Lychgate.
Lychgate
- WRENN ID
- ragged-entrance-jackdaw
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1952
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate, Church Hill, Boughton Monchelsea
- OS grid reference
- TQ 770 499
- Coordinates
- 51.221, 0.53462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate at Boughton Monchelsea Church Hill dates from the 16th century or earlier. It is timber framed and features a plain tile roof. The structure consists of two timber-framed bays and has a gabled design with three trusses. The posts are chamfered and un-jowled at the top, but jowled at the bases. The tie-beams are cambered and chamfered, supported by short solid-spandrel braces, which are also present on the wall-plates. The central truss has a moulded octagonal crown-post with head braces, while the two outer crown-posts are plain and include head and foot-braces. The collar purlin and wall-plates extend beyond the end trusses by about two rafters, and the gable end collars feature king struts above. The lychgate has cusped bargeboards, and the side walls are open above the midrails, with boarded sections below and a continuous seat. The ground-cills rest on stone plinths. This lychgate is a relatively uncommon survival in the area.
Local climate
Lychgate receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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