Lychgate, Gates and Churchyard Wall South and West of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1988. Lychgate, wall, gate.
Lychgate, Gates and Churchyard Wall South and West of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- late-porch-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1988
- Type
- Lychgate, wall, gate
- Address
- Lychgate, Gates and Churchyard Wall South and West of the Church of St Mary, Bishop's Nympton
- OS grid reference
- SS 757 237
- Coordinates
- 50.99946, -3.77226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate, gates, and churchyard wall located south and west of the Church of St Mary were built in the mid to late 19th century. The structure is made of roughly-coursed stone rubble, with the wall topped by slate capping and the lychgate featuring a slate roof. The lychgate is a simple design with solid stone rubble walls that support a gabled slate roof, and it includes a pair of iron gates adorned with fleur de lis finials on the middle and top rails. The tall stone rubble walls, also capped with slate, enclose the churchyard on the south side. On this side, some buildings are adjacent to part of the wall, while on the west side, the wall serves as the boundary between the churchyard and the village green. This site has group value with the church, Crosse Cottage, and Capitol Farmhouse.
Local climate
Lychgate, Gates and Churchyard Wall South and West of the Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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