Lych Gate to West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1967. Lych gate.
Lych Gate to West of Church
- WRENN ID
- ragged-bronze-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1967
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate to West of Church, Sheepstor, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 559 676
- Coordinates
- 50.49091, -4.03169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate, dating from the 17th century, is located to the west of the church in Sheepstor. It features granite ashlar walls and a central coffin rest, topped with a gable-ended slate roof. At the front and rear, there are chamfered oak beams extending between the two walls.
Local climate
Lych Gate to West of Church receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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