Church of St George, Lych Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1993. Lych gate.
Church of St George, Lych Gate
- WRENN ID
- open-obsidian-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1993
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Church of St George, Lych Gate, Weston Road, Portland
- OS grid reference
- SY 686 720
- Coordinates
- 50.54698, -2.44345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St George lych gate is a memorial to Rebecca Newman Stone, who died in 1934. It is constructed from Portland ashlar and features a slate roof. The hipped slate roof has a lead ridge and a decorative wrought iron cross, supported by two deep lintels on stone cheeks made from paired square piers. These piers are linked by recessed segmental-arched openings above stone panels. The box eaves rest on paired moulded wood brackets on the east and west sides. Inside, there is a coffered wood ceiling. The lintel on the east, or entry side, is inscribed with the words 'To the Glory of God', while the west side reads 'A Shelter for those who mourn'. A stone panel on the south side of the entry notes that the gate is a memorial to Rebecca Newman Stone, and another panel on the north side, which is undated, commemorates Edward and Ann Comben Stone. The churchyard wall meets the lych gate at an angle and features scrolled supporters. There are no gates present as of June 1991. This lych gate serves as a fitting and respectful entrance to the churchyard and church, and it is included for its group value.
Local climate
Church of St George, Lych Gate receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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