Lych Gate to Saint Aldhelm's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Lych gate.
Lych Gate to Saint Aldhelm's Church
- WRENN ID
- deep-mantel-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate to Saint Aldhelm's Church, Lytchett Minster and Upton
- OS grid reference
- SY 969 944
- Coordinates
- 50.75003, -2.04459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate at the entrance to the churchyard of Saint Aldhelm's Church was likely built around 1898 and is contemporary with the church itself, designed by G. Crickmay. It features a timber frame set on a stone base and is topped with a stone slate roof. The structure includes trusses with cambered tie beams and arch-braces.
Local climate
Lych Gate to Saint Aldhelm's Church receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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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