Former Bier House beside steps to Lychgate is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 November 1993. Outbuilding.

Former Bier House beside steps to Lychgate

WRENN ID
low-lancet-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 November 1993
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Former Bier House beside steps to Lychgate, St. Dogmaels
OS grid reference
SN 164 459
Coordinates
52.08103, -4.67977
Source
Cadw listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The former bier house, dating from the early 19th century, is an outbuilding located beside the steps to the lychgate. It is constructed of whitewashed rubble stone and features an asbestos sheet roof. The building is single storey and has a timber lintel door on the east side, along with a plank door. There is also one small window in the north end wall.

Local climate

Former Bier House beside steps to Lychgate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Lychgate and Steps to Churchyard at St Thomas Church Grade II 5 m
  2. Church House Grade II 23 m
  3. Wall along S side of Churchyard Grade II 34 m
  4. Y Felin Grade II* 53 m
  5. The Vicarage Stables Grade II 58 m
  6. 3 Finch Street Grade II 64 m
  7. Church of Saint Thomas Grade II 68 m
  8. The Vicarage Grade II 78 m
  9. Mount Pleasant Grade II 86 m
  10. Ruins of Abbey of St Mary Grade I 87 m