Lych gate and attached walls, Abbey Cwmhir churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 December 1985. Lych gate.
Lych gate and attached walls, Abbey Cwmhir churchyard
- WRENN ID
- eastward-rafter-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych gate and attached walls, Abbey Cwmhir churchyard, Abey Cwmhir
- OS grid reference
- SO 054 712
- Coordinates
- 52.33139, -3.38954
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lych gate at Abbey Cwmhir churchyard features dwarf rock-faced walls topped with freestone coping. Its open timber-framed structure is covered by a gabled slate roof supported by cambered, castellated tie beams. The lych gate was constructed over earlier freestone gate piers, which include wooden gates. On the churchyard side, the stone walls display inscription tablets, with the eastern tablet noting that the lych gate was a gift from the people of Abbey Cwmhir in memory of Miss Mary Philips, a benefactor of the church.
The attached dwarf walls are made of rock-faced stone with freestone copings and include intermediate and terminal piers. Each bay is filled with iron railings that feature round panels with X-shaped bars. There are two bays on the western side and three bays on the eastern side, with a single-bay return to the north leading to a footbridge.
Local climate
Lych gate and attached walls, Abbey Cwmhir churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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