Lychgate North of Church of St. Michael is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. Lychgate.

Lychgate North of Church of St. Michael

WRENN ID
pale-vault-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1991
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate North of Church of St. Michael, Stokenham
OS grid reference
SX 808 428
Coordinates
50.27374, -3.67354
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate north of the Church of St. Michael is likely from the mid-19th century. It features slate rubble side walls that support a roof made of asbestos tiles with gable ends. The eaves are held up by timber lintels resting on timber corbels above the pathway. At the outer end, there are 19th-century wrought iron double gates adorned with fleur-de-lis shafts.

Local climate

Lychgate North of Church of St. Michael receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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