Lychgate at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Lychgate. 4 related planning applications.

Lychgate at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
gentle-pilaster-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 1988
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael, Kington St. Michael, SN14 6HX
OS grid reference
ST 904 772
Coordinates
51.4939, -2.13919
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate at the west entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Michael was built in 1917 by H. Brakspear. It incorporates gate piers from 1760 and features a design of rubble stone banded in ashlar with a half-hipped stone slate roof, saddlestone, and ridge cross. The structure has a moulded plinth and two chamfered ashlar pointed arches at each end. There are five-light mullioned side openings, stone seats inside, and a central ashlar coffin-rest. The roof is made of open timber. An inscription inside notes that the lychgate was erected in memory of Herbert Prodgers of Kington Manor, who died in 1917. On either side of the west front, there are short curving walls that connect to rusticated corniced gate piers topped with ball finials. The north pier is inscribed with 'Thomas Stubb gave this gate 1760'.

Local climate

Lychgate at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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