Lychgate and churchyard walls, Church of St Tecwyn is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 December 2004. A C16 Lychgate, churchyard wall.
Lychgate and churchyard walls, Church of St Tecwyn
- WRENN ID
- sheer-casement-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 December 2004
- Type
- Lychgate, churchyard wall
- Address
- Lychgate and churchyard walls, Church of St Tecwyn, Llandecwyn, Talsarnau, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 632 375
- Coordinates
- 52.91832, -4.0357
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lychgate and churchyard walls of the Church of St Tecwyn are constructed from simple rubble, primarily fieldstone, and enclose a near circular churchyard. The lychgate is located towards the southwest corner and is made of roughly coursed rubble featuring characteristic long blocks. It has coped gables and a slate roof, with shouldered doorways on each side.
Additionally, there is a monopitched bier house that forms part of the churchyard wall, featuring a slab parapet that abuts the southeast corner of the churchyard. This bier house has a wide opening facing the lane to the south and shows evidence of a blocked opening into the churchyard.
Local climate
Lychgate and churchyard walls, Church of St Tecwyn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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