Lychgate and Walls About 25 Metres West of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Lychgate.
Lychgate and Walls About 25 Metres West of Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- twisted-forge-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Lychgate
- OS grid reference
- TQ 700 351
- Coordinates
- 51.0909, 0.42663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate and walls, located about 25 metres west of Christ Church, were built in 1860, likely designed by architect William Slater. Constructed from sandstone with a stone slate roof, the lychgate features a weathered and moulded plinth and is more of a small building than just a gateway. It has one storey with a gabled roof, a central cross-finial, and an incised cross in the gable. The entrance is arched and double chamfered, with the inner order supported by attached shafts. There are two shouldered window openings on each side. The western roadside entrance has simple spear-headed railed gates, while the eastern entrance features cast and wrought gates adorned with scrolled plant forms with leaf-terminals. Inside, there are side benches with marble or granite colonettes surrounding the windows and a vaulted roof supported by a diaphragm arch on columns. Stone walls extend along the roadside on either side of the lychgate, approximately 5 feet high, stretching about 25 yards to the south and 40 yards to the north towards the adjacent school.
Local climate
Lychgate and Walls About 25 Metres West of Christ Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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