Lych Gate to Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. Lych gate.
Lych Gate to Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate to Church of St Michael, Church Street, Betchworth
- OS grid reference
- TQ 210 497
- Coordinates
- 51.23387, -0.26755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate to the Church of St. Michael was built in 1864. It features sandstone plinth walls with a timber superstructure and a roof made of Horsham slabs. The main posts are scissor-braced, supporting a circular crown-post roof. The gables have cusped bargeboards. This structure is included for its group value with the Church.
Local climate
Lych Gate to Church of St Michael receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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