Lychgate Approximately 15 Metres East of Church of St John Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Lychgate.

Lychgate Approximately 15 Metres East of Church of St John Baptist

WRENN ID
rough-gateway-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1986
Type
Lychgate
OS grid reference
SS 479 309
Coordinates
51.05801, -4.17032
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This lychgate, located approximately 15 metres east of the Church of St John Baptist, dates from the late 19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a slate roof adorned with gable end finials. The walls on each side are also made of stone rubble. Inside, there are two archbraced trusses with pendants that spring from open crossed timber-framing at the tops of the walls. The gates are designed with crossed framing and have twisted iron finials on the top rail.

Local climate

Lychgate Approximately 15 Metres East of Church of St John Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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