Churchyard Lych Gate Adjoining North Side of Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Lych gate.
Churchyard Lych Gate Adjoining North Side of Church Cottage
- WRENN ID
- plain-moat-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1988
- Type
- Lych gate
- OS grid reference
- SX 736 908
- Coordinates
- 50.7035, -3.79126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate, likely built in the 19th century, is located on the north side of Church Cottage in Drewsteignton. Constructed from coursed blocks of massive granite ashlar, it features a slate roof. This lych gate, which includes a kissing gate alongside, serves as the west entrance to the churchyard. The outer wall, which faces the church, is made of granite ashlar and has a chamfered plinth, large shaped kneelers, and granite coping. The roof, supported by this wall at one end, retains its original ridge and purlins. The structure shelters timber double gates that are panelled below the lockbar and open above with wrought iron railings topped with an iron fleur-de-lys crest. These gates are mounted on large strap hinges. The kissing gate to the left is designed in the same style.
Local climate
Churchyard Lych Gate Adjoining North Side of Church Cottage receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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