Lychgate 15 Metres South-East of Sowton Parish Church is a Grade II* listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. A Victorian Lychgate.
Lychgate 15 Metres South-East of Sowton Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- pale-pewter-sable
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- Lychgate
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SX 975 924
- Coordinates
- 50.72301, -3.45211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate, located 15 metres south-east of Sowton Parish Church, was built in memory of Sarah Garrett, who died in 1852. The architect is unknown, but it may have been designed by John Hayward, the Diocesan architect who designed the church, or William White, who created Bishop's Court for the Garrett family. The structure is made of Salcombe Regis stone, integrated into the coursed Heavitree churchyard wall, with a gabled-end roof constructed from heavy Salcombe Regis slabs. The roof extends down close to the height of the churchyard wall coping and features an axial Celtic cross on top. The end gables have pointed chamfered arches that lead into a short vaulted tunnel. The double timber gates are open above with trefoil-headed arches and are boarded and railed below, adorned with an iron fleur-de-lis crest. The design is striking and distinctive, showing more resemblance to White's style than to Hayward's.
Local climate
Lychgate 15 Metres South-East of Sowton Parish Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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