Inner Lych Gate Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Lych gate.
Inner Lych Gate Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- pitched-string-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1987
- Type
- Lych gate
- OS grid reference
- SY 020 952
- Coordinates
- 50.74852, -3.39025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The inner lych gate, dated 1890, is located approximately 12 metres south of the Church of St Mary in Rockbeare. It is constructed from large blocks of red conglomerate ashlar, with grey limestone ashlar quoins and coping that features faint rustication. The gate has a red tile roof adorned with crested and pierced ridge tiles. The side walls are blind and full-height, with chamfered and straight cut stopped inner edges. The roof is hipped at both ends and includes small gablets filled with carved oak open quatrefoils set in circles.
At the front and back, there are oak low flat arches with moulded soffits and carved foliate spandrels. The front also displays the initials "TP" to the left and the date "1890." The gates are double and panelled, featuring a wrought iron crest of fleur-de-lys. Inside, the roof is boarded and supported by a central king post truss. From the front, two broad flights of six steps lead down to the outer graveyard, with the upper tier made of limestone and the lower tier of granite. The low parapets on each side match the style of the lych gate walls.
Local climate
Inner Lych Gate Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Mary 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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