Lych Gate South of Church of St Hieritha is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1988. Lychgate.
Lych Gate South of Church of St Hieritha
- WRENN ID
- sheer-wall-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1988
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lych Gate South of Church of St Hieritha, the Square, Chittlehampton
- OS grid reference
- SS 636 255
- Coordinates
- 51.01312, -3.94572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate south of the Church of St Hieritha was built in 1881. It features ashlar walls with timber framing above and a gabled tiled roof topped with crested ridge tiles. A timber cross is positioned at the center of the ridge, and each gablet has pierced quatrefoils. The side walls are made of ashlar, with open traceried timberwork above, consisting of six lights on each side. The front and rear have 4-centred arches with carved foliate spandrels; the front arch includes the inscription "Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving," while the rear arch has the inscription "Let thy Servant Depart in Peace." The timber gates have open-work panels below the headrail. A small plaque on the left-hand wall commemorates John Baring Short of Hudscott, who died in 1880.
Local climate
Lych Gate South of Church of St Hieritha receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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