Lych Gate, Flanking Walls and Gates on North Side of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Lych gate.

Lych Gate, Flanking Walls and Gates on North Side of Church of St Peter and St Paul

WRENN ID
tenth-string-marsh
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych Gate, Flanking Walls and Gates on North Side of Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Street, Kilmersdon
OS grid reference
ST 695 524
Coordinates
51.27033, -2.43736
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lych gate, flanking walls, and gates on the north side of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul were built in 1900 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the Hylton family. The structure is made of coursed and squared rubble with freestone dressings and features a pyramidal stone tile roof topped with a cruciform finial. It has a triangular shape and is supported by three triangular section columns, with timber soffits on each side. The roof is constructed with elaborate arch-bracing. The flanking quadrant walls have copings and incised Latin text. There is a pair of simple wooden gates on the south side, along with piers that have flanking stone benches. The lych gate symbolizes the Trinity, and stone cobbles are arranged in a triangular pattern beneath it.

Local climate

Lych Gate, Flanking Walls and Gates on North Side of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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