Lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 May 1968. Gateway.
Lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno
- WRENN ID
- old-basalt-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1968
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno, Clynnog-Fawr, Caernarfon, Clynnog
- OS grid reference
- SH 414 496
- Coordinates
- 53.02103, -4.36465
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno is built of granite and features a pitched slate roof. It has a double gate entry from the road that leads to a wide interior paved with pebbles and slate, which slopes down to a broad opening into the churchyard. Both openings are covered by a large, irregularly shaped single slab of stone supported by further corbel slabs. The inner opening includes a square opening set asymmetrically above the lintel to allow more light. The entry facing the road appears to have originally been arched.
The roof is supported by re-used oak purlins and a ridge, with open rafters and plaster between each. Inside the passage, there are shallow recessed seats on either side immediately behind the outer gates, likely intended for mendicant pilgrims.
Local climate
Lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,710 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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