Lych Gate, Stile and Short Section of Churchyard Wall of Church of St Nectan is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1989. A C20 Lych gate, stile, wall.
Lych Gate, Stile and Short Section of Churchyard Wall of Church of St Nectan
- WRENN ID
- seventh-buttress-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1989
- Type
- Lych gate, stile, wall
- Address
- Lych Gate, Stile and Short Section of Churchyard Wall of Church of St Nectan, Welcombe
- OS grid reference
- SS 228 184
- Coordinates
- 50.9379, -4.52316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate, stile, and short section of churchyard wall at the Church of St Nectan are notable features likely dating from the 18th century, with the lych gate probably rebuilt in the early 20th century. The structure is made of rubble stone. The lych gate has rubble side walls that support a gabled roof, which is slated and topped with clay ridge tiles. It features an ornamental oak gate from around 1945, and the roof may have been renewed at that time as well. To the left of the lych gate is a stile with three steps leading up, a large upright stone slab, and two steps down into the churchyard. Adjacent to the stile is a section of churchyard wall that is approximately 1 metre high and 5 metres long, topped with flat stone capping.
Local climate
Lych Gate, Stile and Short Section of Churchyard Wall of Church of St Nectan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% 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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