Lychgate and Boundary Wall on South West and South Sides of St Pancras Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. A Medieval Lychgate, boundary wall.

Lychgate and Boundary Wall on South West and South Sides of St Pancras Churchyard

WRENN ID
old-rood-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 November 1986
Type
Lychgate, boundary wall
Period
Medieval
Address
Lychgate and Boundary Wall on South West and South Sides of St Pancras Churchyard, Widecombe in the Moor, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 718 767
Coordinates
50.57656, -3.81136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate and boundary wall on the south-west and south sides of St Pancras Churchyard date from the late 19th century and the 16th or 17th century, respectively. The structure is primarily made of granite ashlar, except for the main length of the south boundary wall, where only the west end is ashlar and the remainder is constructed from rubble. The lychgate features a simple design with a roof supported by stone gable-walls. The roof is slated and has raised copings that are corbelled out at the front. It has a trussed rafter roof with pegged joints. Below the roof, the opening is divided by a stone wall approximately 1 meter high, which may have served as a coffin-rest, topped with a capstone that has moulded edges. The boundary wall stands about 1.5 meters high and has a flat coping that is hollow-moulded on the outer edge, continuing along the western half of the south wall beyond where the ashlar walling ends.

Local climate

Lychgate and Boundary Wall on South West and South Sides of St Pancras Churchyard receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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