Lych gate and churchyard wall at Llangelynin church is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 June 1966. House.

Lych gate and churchyard wall at Llangelynin church

WRENN ID
muted-railing-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 June 1966
Type
House
Address
Lych gate and churchyard wall at Llangelynin church, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 571 072
Coordinates
52.64374, -4.11249
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lych gate and churchyard wall at Llangelynin church are situated on a sloping site. The churchyard features coped rubble walls, with the wall on the west side serving as a retaining wall against a steep bank; part of its coping has fallen. The gabled lych gate is constructed of rubble stone and has a slate roof behind coped gables. The entrances are fitted with lintels, and there is an iron gate on the outer side. Inside, the lych gate has a simple timber roof construction and benches built into the side walls.

Local climate

Lych gate and churchyard wall at Llangelynin church 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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