Lychgate is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Lychgate.
Lychgate
- WRENN ID
- plain-bonework-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate, Church Road, Slapton
- OS grid reference
- SP 936 206
- Coordinates
- 51.87683, -0.64056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lychgate, dated 1905 on the lintel, features low red brick side walls and a heavy timber upper section with a tiled roof. The side walls are arcaded, and the entrance sides have curved braces supporting the lintel. This structure was built in memory of Thomas and Phoebe Buckmaster and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lychgate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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