Boundary Wall, Lych Gate and Stiles to Churchyard to Church of St Mary Magdalen is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1988. Boundary wall, lych gate, stiles.

Boundary Wall, Lych Gate and Stiles to Churchyard to Church of St Mary Magdalen

WRENN ID
solitary-storey-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1988
Type
Boundary wall, lych gate, stiles
Address
Boundary Wall, Lych Gate and Stiles to Churchyard to Church of St Mary Magdalen, Hewelsfield and Brockweir
OS grid reference
SO 567 020
Coordinates
51.71589, -2.62726
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall, lych gate, and stiles to the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalen are notable features from the 20th century. The churchyard wall is made of rough squared drystone rubble, lacking capping or coping, and varies in height from approximately 800mm to 1.5m. To the east and south, there are built-in upright sandstone slab stiles, which can be accessed via rough stone steps. A third stile may exist to the north, but at the time of the survey in December 1983, this area was overgrown with ivy.

The main entrance is located on the west side and features a wide gabled lych gate constructed from coursed stone, topped with a stone slate roof. The roof is supported by deep wooden lintels resting on brackets that sit on stone corbels. There are a pair of wooden gates and a small swing gate located to the left and outside the main structure. This site is an example of a roughly oval enclosure, likely indicating a Celtic origin, and is similar to the enclosure at the Church of St Andrew in Woolaston. The boundary wall, lych gate, and stiles are included in the register primarily for their historical significance.

Local climate

Boundary Wall, Lych Gate and Stiles to Churchyard to Church of St Mary Magdalen receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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