Lych Gate Approximately 20 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. Lych gate.
Lych Gate Approximately 20 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- ancient-column-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Lych gate
- OS grid reference
- SS 591 230
- Coordinates
- 50.98993, -4.00872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate, built around 1880, is located approximately 20 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St Mary in Atherington. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features a gabled tiled roof. The structure has a rectangular plan with gates at the front. The ashlar side walls are divided internally into two bays, with stone seats on each side in the inner bay. There are three crown-post trusses, with the end trusses featuring three trefoil-headed timber openings in each gablet. These trusses are supported by inner wall plates with ogee bracing and outer wall plates held up by short timber arcading consisting of four bays, which have ogee cusped heads and tracery of trefoil-headed lights. A low central stone slab divides the walkway. The double gates at the front have turned spindles in the upper sections and a plank lower section with bracing and large iron strap hinges.
Local climate
Lych Gate Approximately 20 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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