Lychgate is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. A Victorian Lychgate.

Lychgate

WRENN ID
distant-wattle-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate, High Street, Avebury
OS grid reference
SU 100 699
Coordinates
51.42803, -1.8575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This lychgate, built in 1899, features heavy timber framing set on limestone base walls and is topped with a tiled roof. The framing includes end and central trusses, all arch braced with carved bosses, and there is tracery in the end panels. The supporting walls have coved top coping and internal seats, and a cobbled path leads to it. This lychgate was erected in memory of Hannah Price and is a notable example of its type in an important setting.

Local climate

Lychgate 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 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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