Lychgate to Churchyard of the Old Church of St Peter 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 Old Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- fallen-bailey-juniper
- 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 Old Church of St Peter, Old Church Road, Pembury
- OS grid reference
- TQ 626 429
- Coordinates
- 51.16257, 0.3242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate to the churchyard of the Old Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed structure built in memory of Sir Samuel Morton Peto, who died in 1889. It features a timber-framed design set on brick footings, topped with a stone slate roof, and is constructed in the Tudor Gothic style. The box-framed structure has full-width Tudor arches at both the front and back, each with moulded surrounds and urn stops. The headbeams are inscribed, with the front beam displaying a Biblical quotation and the back beam commemorating Sir Samuel Morton Peto. The side walls include 4-light windows that have hollow-chamfered mullions above plank-and-muntin panelling. The gables feature moulded bargeboards, and the gable-end trusses are supported by curving struts. Inside, the wall plates are moulded, and there are original double gates with wavy braces and a coffin rest, all supported by a series of turned balusters.
Local climate
Lychgate to Churchyard of the Old Church of St Peter receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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