Lych Gate and Flanking Walls Approximately 20 Metres to South of Church of St. Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Lych gate.
Lych Gate and Flanking Walls Approximately 20 Metres to South of Church of St. Peter
- WRENN ID
- riven-steel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Lych gate
- OS grid reference
- SX 540 671
- Coordinates
- 50.48636, -4.05885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate and flanking walls, located approximately 20 metres south of the Church of St. Peter, date from the 19th century and may incorporate some fabric from the 17th century. The structure features stone rubble walls with large granite quoins and a gable-ended roof covered in scantle slate, adorned with decorative ridge tiles from the 19th century. The wooden lintels at the front and rear are chamfered and include bar stops. The gate is a tall double set from the 20th century. The flanking walls on either side are constructed with roughly coursed stones at the bottom, and the left-hand wall includes a mullion window head.
Local climate
Lych Gate and Flanking Walls Approximately 20 Metres to South of Church of St. Peter sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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