Lych-Gate to Parish Church of St Swithun's and Two Seats is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. A C20 Lych-gate.

Lych-Gate to Parish Church of St Swithun's and Two Seats

WRENN ID
solitary-niche-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1983
Type
Lych-gate
Address
Lych-Gate to Parish Church of St Swithun's and Two Seats, Church Street, Bathford
OS grid reference
ST 787 666
Coordinates
51.39845, -2.30618
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lych-gate to the Parish Church of St. Swithun's, dated 1914, features a coursed rubble base and an oak framed roof covered with Cotswold stone slate. It is adorned with finely carved decorative bargeboards and bracing that display tendrils and foliage. Inside, there are two ashlar seats dedicated to Thomas Gilling of Bathford Manor.

Local climate

Lych-Gate to Parish Church of St Swithun's and Two Seats receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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