Lych gate at entrance to churchyard of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Lych gate.
Lych gate at entrance to churchyard of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-flue-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych gate at entrance to churchyard of Church of St Matthew, High Street, Wookey
- OS grid reference
- ST 518 458
- Coordinates
- 51.20951, -2.6909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Matthew was designed by F. Bligh Bond and built by Pittards of Langport. It was dedicated in January 1916 and donated by Miss Badcock in memory of her sister. The gate features rubble plinths with dressed freestone cappings, an oak superstructure, and a shingled roof with a bellcast and wheel-cross finials, all in a medieval style. The massive structure includes four main posts, arch bracing, and bridging beams, with the roof ridge positioned at right angles to the frontage. The ends of the exposed beams are carved with grotesque masks. The bridging beam at the front has the inscription "MORS IANVA VITAE". The gate includes gates.
Local climate
Lych gate at entrance to churchyard of Church of St Matthew receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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