Lych gate at Church of St Cynllo is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 February 2005. Lych gate.

Lych gate at Church of St Cynllo

WRENN ID
fossil-cobble-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 February 2005
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych gate at Church of St Cynllo, Nantmel
OS grid reference
SO 033 663
Coordinates
52.28683, -3.41762
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lych gate at the Church of St Cynllo is an 18th-century structure featuring rubble-stone end walls and a hipped stone-tile roof. It has a central wooden post with diagonal struts that supports a single tie beam. On the left side of the post, there is a wicket gate, while on the right side, there is a wooden stile. The gate is accessed from the outer side by steep flagstone steps.

Local climate

Lych gate at Church of St Cynllo 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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