Lych gate at church of St Cadfan is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 June 2005. Lych gate.

Lych gate at church of St Cadfan

WRENN ID
half-keystone-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 June 2005
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych gate at church of St Cadfan, Tywyn
OS grid reference
SH 588 009
Coordinates
52.58772, -4.08551
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lych gate at the church of St Cadfan is constructed from battered snecked stone walls, featuring freestone quoins and dressings, topped with a graded slate roof. It has round arches with two narrow openings above them. Inside, there are double iron gates and narrow benches situated beneath a corbelled roof.

Local climate

Lych gate at church of St Cadfan 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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