Lych Gate to Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Lych gate.

Lych Gate to Parish Church

WRENN ID
shifting-truss-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1984
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych Gate to Parish Church, Oat Hill, Winfrith Newburgh
OS grid reference
SY 805 843
Coordinates
50.6588, -2.27698
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lych gate to the Parish Church, dating from around the mid-19th century, features an open timber-framed construction in the Gothic style, set on a stone base. It is topped with a stone slated roof.

Local climate

Lych Gate to Parish Church receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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