Lychgate and Adjoining Boundary Walls on East Side of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Lychgate.

Lychgate and Adjoining Boundary Walls on East Side of Churchyard

WRENN ID
vast-newel-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 May 1987
Type
Lychgate
OS grid reference
SY 038 919
Coordinates
50.71899, -3.36397
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate and adjoining boundary walls on the east side of the churchyard date from the late 19th century. The lychgate is constructed from red conglomerate ashlar with Bathstone corbels and features an oak frame. Its roof is covered with scallop-shaped red tiles and has red crested and pierced ridge tiles. The adjoining walls are made of random rubble Torquay limestone, topped with red conglomerate ashlar coping and quoins.

The lychgate has a gable-ended roof supported by four stone corner posts, which are connected by low walls with open framing above. It includes double gates and is flanked by low boundary walls of the churchyard, with a kissing gate on the right side.

Both the front and rear faces of the lychgate feature ashlar corner posts with a chamfered plinth, topped with pairs of fluted Bathstone corbels. The end trusses are arch-braced, and above the collar is an open quatrefoil that contains a plaque with a carved fleur-de-lys. The collar bears the inscription 'sic vas non vobis'. The sides of the lychgate have square-headed windows with Gothic tracery, featuring two-light windows beside a lancet. The underside of the two-bay roof is boarded and has a central simple A-frame truss. The gates are panelled below the lock-bar and open above, with strap hinges bolted on. The kissing gate is designed similarly.

Local climate

Lychgate and Adjoining Boundary Walls on East Side of Churchyard 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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