Lychgate to Church of St David is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 January 2005. Lychgate.

Lychgate to Church of St David

WRENN ID
haunted-trefoil-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 January 2005
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate to Church of St David, Llanddew, Brecon
OS grid reference
SO 055 307
Coordinates
51.96708, -3.37663
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lychgate to the Church of St David is made of oak and features a gabled roof with stone tiles. It is supported by low rock-faced rubble side walls that have chamfered coping and a plinth. The lychgate is adorned with ornate pierced cusped bargeboards, with the gables supported by arch-braces from the main posts. These posts also have concave-curved braces that extend downward to the ends of the low supporting walls. The walls include a small spur on the inside that carries an inner post. The roof is constructed with scissor rafters, and the sides consist of four panels, with the two upper panels being open and the lower ones infilled. The timber gates have been renewed and feature iron inserts in the open upper panels.

Local climate

Lychgate to Church of St David sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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