Churchyard wall and lychgate to north west of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Churchyard wall, lychgate.
Churchyard wall and lychgate to north west of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- first-wattle-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Churchyard wall, lychgate
- Address
- Churchyard wall and lychgate to north west of Church of St Martin, Ledwell Road, Sandford St Martin, Sandford St. Martin, OX7 7AH
- OS grid reference
- SP 420 267
- Coordinates
- 51.93737, -1.39024
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard wall and lychgate, located to the northwest of the Church of St Martin, were built in 1863 by G.E. Street. The structure features coursed squared marlstone and limestone rubble, with limestone ashlar dressings. The lychgate has a timber-framed canopy topped with a Stonesfield slate roof.
The wall stands approximately 1.3 meters high and has a chamfered stone coping, enclosing the west side of the churchyard and extending a short distance at both ends. At the southern end, there is a wooden gate designed in a cross pattern with wrought-iron infill. In the northwest corner, a pair of similar gates is topped by a simple canopy supported by four stop-chamfered posts, which are arch-braced at the ends and feature crosses in the open gables.
This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Churchyard wall and lychgate to north west of Church of St Martin 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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