Lych Gate at the Entrance to the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1987. Lych gate.
Lych Gate at the Entrance to the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1987
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate at the Entrance to the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Badgeworth
- OS grid reference
- SO 902 191
- Coordinates
- 51.87127, -2.14346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity is a timber-framed structure built in memory of Jane Unwin, who died in August 1916, as noted in the inscription: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF JANE UNWIN WHO DIED AUGUST 1916 / THIS LYCH GATE WAS ERECTED BY HER SIX CHILDREN'. The gate features random squared and dressed stone side walls and a stone slate roof. It has a gable with decorative curved bracing, an image niche containing a Madonna and child, and a crocketed canopy set within the king post of the gable. The tie-beam bears the inscription 'HER CHILDREN RISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED'.
The entrance is wide and has a moulded 4-centred arch with pierced spandrels. The double gates are adorned with pierced panelling at the top, cast iron trellis work, and fleur de lys designs within the open sections. There are similar panels on either side of the lych gate. Additionally, two image niches with crocketed canopies house small wooden statuettes of saints. The structure features a cusped barge board with a pendant and an upright cross finial, while the opposite gable has a more ornate pierced barge board. The tie-beam below is carved with a musical stave and the words 'O rest in the lord'.
Local climate
Lych Gate at the Entrance to the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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