Lychgate and Tomb Slab About 10 Metres South-East of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Lychgate.

Lychgate and Tomb Slab About 10 Metres South-East of the Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
sharp-column-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1986
Type
Lychgate
OS grid reference
SX 830 809
Coordinates
50.61615, -3.65459
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate, dating from the 19th century or earlier, is constructed of granite ashlar and features a slated roof. It has two granite side-walls that support a roof which appears to have been rebuilt in the 20th century. Access is provided by a flight of five granite steps from the street. The lychgate is adorned with a pair of iron gates that have spear-heads on the uprights. Underneath the lychgate, on the west side of the iron gates, there is a re-set granite tomb slab dated 1603 (or 1604 in modern dating). This slab commemorates Richard Washer, who served as the vicar of Hennock from 1576 to 1604 and was buried on 20 March 1603/4.

Local climate

Lychgate and Tomb Slab About 10 Metres South-East of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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