Lych-gate at Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 August 1999. Lych-gate.
Lych-gate at Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- plain-string-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1999
- Type
- Lych-gate
- Address
- Lych-gate at Church of St Michael, Llanrug
- OS grid reference
- SH 526 630
- Coordinates
- 53.14448, -4.20417
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lych-gate at the Church of St Michael is a small gabled structure built in 1714. It is constructed of roughcast rubblestone and features a grouted graded slate roof with slate-coped verges. The gate has massive projecting stone lintels above rough square-headed arches, with 19th-century iron gates on the outer arch and a bracket for a lantern above the inner arch.
There is a slightly recessed and heavily worn inscription stone beneath its own projecting lintel above the outer arch, which reads: "BUILT: 1714/ A: LEGAC(Y): W(AS)/ BEQUEATHED: BY YE: REVd: RICE/ MOR: A(M): TOW/ ARDS: THIS: GA(TE)/ WAS: LAID: OUT/ BY: RWR: OI: TH: W ( )."
Inside, the roof of the lych-gate features a central A-frame truss that rises from the walls, with a pegged collar and yoke supporting the ridge piece. It has single purlins and rafters, all showing extensive traces of limewash and limetorching between them.
Local climate
Lych-gate at Church of St Michael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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