South Lychgate to the Church of St Lawrence Including 3 Flights of Stone Steps and the Churchyard Wall to the North East is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Lychgate, stone steps, churchyard wall.
South Lychgate to the Church of St Lawrence Including 3 Flights of Stone Steps and the Churchyard Wall to the North East
- WRENN ID
- vacant-cellar-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Lychgate, stone steps, churchyard wall
- OS grid reference
- TQ 564 431
- Coordinates
- 51.1663, 0.237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The south lychgate to the Church of St Lawrence, along with three flights of stone steps and the churchyard wall to the northeast, was built in 1879, as indicated by a date plaque. The churchyard steps and boundary wall are likely from the 18th century. The lychgate is made of timber and features a peg-tile roof, with freestone steps and wall.
Located in the small square at the end of Bidborough High Street, the lychgate is an openwork timber structure supported by straight braces and bargeboards, which holds a gabled roof above a pair of rustic timber gates with diagonal braces. There are three flights of stone steps, two of which are within the churchyard, and the coped stone wall to the northeast is likely made from stone quarried just east of the lychgate.
This structure is important to the setting of the church, which is situated high above the square on a small spur. A copy of a painting in the National Monuments Record shows the churchyard path and steps before the lychgate was constructed.
Local climate
South Lychgate to the Church of St Lawrence Including 3 Flights of Stone Steps and the Churchyard Wall to the North East receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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