Lych Gate to New Cemetery (Formerly Entrance to Kitchen Garden of Moreton House) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Lychgate. 1 related planning application.

Lych Gate to New Cemetery (Formerly Entrance to Kitchen Garden of Moreton House)

WRENN ID
stony-spire-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1984
Type
Lychgate
OS grid reference
SY 804 892
Coordinates
50.70229, -2.27866
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lych gate to the new cemetery, which was formerly the entrance to the kitchen garden of Moreton House, dates from around 1800 and was rebuilt on a new site around 1950. It features four Ionic columns that support a timber canopy with a pediment and a moulded entablature. The pediment is adorned with carved swags. Inside the structure, modern stone walls contain panels from the Obelisk, which was erected in 1781 by Captain John Houlton in memory of James Frampton. The inscriptions on the panels are in both English and Latin.

Local climate

Lych Gate to New Cemetery (Formerly Entrance to Kitchen Garden of Moreton House) 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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