Lychgate W of Church of St Mwrog is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 May 1978. Lychgate.
Lychgate W of Church of St Mwrog
- WRENN ID
- seventh-pillar-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1978
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate W of Church of St Mwrog, Llanfwrog, Ruthin
- OS grid reference
- SJ 113 578
- Coordinates
- 53.11003, -3.32583
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lychgate west of the Church of St Mwrog is a gabled structure built in timber framing on high rubble stone side walls, topped with a replaced slate roof. The rear gable, which faces the church, is original and features jowled posts that support a cambered tie-beam, which is slightly arched on the underside, held up by curved braces. Above the tie-beam are two raked struts, and the gable is finished with later plain barge boards and a wooden finial.
The front gable has full-height stone piers that connect to the churchyard boundary walls, supporting an open tie-beam truss with raked struts made from sawn timbers, likely dating from the 19th century. This gable also has plain barge boards and a wooden cross at the apex. The stone side walls feature six-light unglazed openings with plain mullions.
Inside, the lychgate has a two-bay layout with a central truss; the posts support a cambered tie-beam with raked struts, also probably from the 19th century. The roof structure includes single purlins and cusped wind-braces towards each end. There are side benches for seating. Attached to the front are late 19th-century cast iron double gates, which are decorated with scrollwork, circle motifs, and fleur-de-lis finials.
Local climate
Lychgate W of Church of St Mwrog sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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