Lychgate to Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Lychgate.

Lychgate to Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
tattered-roof-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1987
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate to Church of St Mary the Virgin, Washfield
OS grid reference
SS 934 154
Coordinates
50.92825, -3.51689
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate to the Church of St Mary the Virgin was built in 1902 by Edwin Dunning of Stoodleigh Court to commemorate the surrender of the Boers, as noted by an inscription. It is constructed from stone rubble and timber, featuring a tiled roof that is gabled at both ends. The large lychgate has openwork timber sides with ogee braces, which are supported by stone rubble walling. The inscription is located on the south side in bronze letters.

Local climate

Lychgate to Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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