Lychgate including associated Steps and Flanking Walls at St Machreth's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 June 1966. Lychgate. 3 related planning applications.

Lychgate including associated Steps and Flanking Walls at St Machreth's Church

WRENN ID
inner-window-mallow
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
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate including associated Steps and Flanking Walls at St Machreth's Church, Llanfachreth, Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Gwynedd, LL40 2EA
OS grid reference
SH 754 224
Coordinates
52.78535, -3.84829
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lychgate at St Machreth's Church is a gabled structure made of rubble with a slate roof, featuring a rough-dressed south face. It has segmental arched openings on both the south and north sides, and built-in benches with wooden seats on the west and east inner sides. The interior is lime-rendered with a cobbled floor.

On either side of the north opening, which faces the church, there are two inscribed slate plaques with arched tops. These plaques bear dedication inscriptions by Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, dated 1820, with the left plaque in English and the right in Welsh. These plaques are ex-situ and likely originally occupied the arched niches of the church tower.

Four cobbled steps lead from the lychgate up towards the church, while fourteen similar steps descend towards the road. These steps are flanked by splayed rubble retaining walls that meet at the road. A plain modern wooden gate is located on the south side of the lychgate.

Local climate

Lychgate including associated Steps and Flanking Walls at St Machreth's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
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