Lychgate and flank walls, West Dean Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 2014. Memorial.
Lychgate and flank walls, West Dean Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- hidden-lantern-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 2014
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Lychgate and flank walls, West Dean Cemetery, Lychgate and Splay Walls, Including Built-In Seats and Inscribed Panel, Cemetery Lane, West Sussex, Chichester, PO18 0FG
- OS grid reference
- SU 859 125
- Coordinates
- 50.90602, -0.7794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate and flank walls at West Dean Cemetery were erected around 1931 in memory of Evelyn James, who passed away on May 13, 1929. The structure was designed by architect Walter H Godfrey.
The lychgate features a braced oak frame beneath a half-hipped roof covered in plain tiles. It is set on a shallow stone plinth, which was installed between 2011 and 2012, and includes a flagged stone threshold. The frame bears an inscription that reads:
MILLICENT ALEXANDRA SILVIA AUDREY AND EDWARD CHILDREN OF / EVELYN JAMES HAVE BUILT THIS RESTING PLACE IN HER MEMORY.
The lychgate has a pair of oak gates with diagonally set slats and iron fixtures and fittings.
On each side of the lychgate are stone splay walls that incorporate integral stone seats. On the western face of the northern splay wall, there is a carved commemorative stone panel with the inscription:
MILLICENT. ALEXANDRA. SILVIA / AUDREY & EDWARD. CHILDREN OF / EVELYN JAMES. HAVE BUILT THIS / RESTING PLACE IN HER MEMORY.
This panel is flanked at both ends by a bas-relief of inward-facing, winged figures in draped clothing, each with one hand raised. The identity of the artist is unknown.
Local climate
Lychgate and flank walls, West Dean Cemetery receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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