Lych Gate to St Matthew's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 August 1997. Lych gate.

Lych Gate to St Matthew's Church

WRENN ID
keen-lime-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Alyn and Deeside MP: Sir Mark Tami (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
11 August 1997
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych Gate to St Matthew's Church, Buckley
OS grid reference
SJ 283 646
Coordinates
53.17424, -3.07281
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lych gate to St Matthew's Church is a timber-framed structure with a tiled roof. It features a traditional open design, gabled with decorative fretted bargeboards. At the top, there is a crucifix finial, and the gable includes cusped open arcading.

Local climate

Lych Gate to St Matthew's Church receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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