Lychgate to Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Lychgate.
Lychgate to Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- winding-column-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate to Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst Hill
- OS grid reference
- TQ 553 413
- Coordinates
- 51.15067, 0.21959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a late 19th-century structure. It features a timber frame resting on low sandstone ashlar footings and is topped with a peg-tile roof. The lychgate is designed in the Gothic style, with side walls consisting of four narrow bays that are boarded below the middle rail and open above, showcasing wavy braces. The sills extend to the front and back to support wavy tension braces. Both the front and back gable ends have arch-braced tie beam trusses, with square crown posts above and wavy down braces. The steeply pitched roof extends beyond both ends and is adorned with cusped bargeboards, topped by a wrought iron cross. The lychgate also features low double gates, which include wavy braces and well-crafted original shaped iron hinges. This lychgate is part of a notable group of listed buildings surrounding the Church of St Mary.
Local climate
Lychgate to Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin 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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