Lychgate and Churchyard Walls at Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 June 1999. Lychgate.

Lychgate and Churchyard Walls at Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
late-sandstone-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 June 1999
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate and Churchyard Walls at Church of St Mary, Cyffylliog
OS grid reference
SJ 059 578
Coordinates
53.1091, -3.40709
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lychgate and churchyard walls at the Church of St Mary are notable features of the site. The churchyard wall is constructed from boulder rubble, with irregular boulder copings set on end, reaching a maximum height of 1.5 meters. It curves in a convex arc to the northwest, following the lane's curve and defining the churchyard. At the northwest corner, the wall ends with a pair of plain 20th-century iron gates. From this point, the boundary continues eastward as a revetment wall that sweeps around to the southeast, connecting to the main wall at the hearse-house.

Within the section of the wall that faces the road, approximately 6 meters west of the hearse-house, stands the lychgate. This structure has a gabled design made of rubble, with open eastern and western sides and a slated roof, although the front pitch has been renewed. The western side features an early 20th-century chamfered pine wall-plate with a simple relief-carved cross at the center. Inside, there are two modern steps leading down to a slate-flagged floor, and a pair of 19th-century plain wooden slatted half-gates is attached at the center.

Local climate

Lychgate and Churchyard Walls at Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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