Lychgate to Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 June 2004. Lychgate.
Lychgate to Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tall-transept-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2004
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate to Church of St Mary, Llanfair, Llandovery
- OS grid reference
- SN 769 351
- Coordinates
- 52.00106, -3.79381
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lychgate to the Church of St Mary is constructed from rubble stone and features a hipped plain tile roof. It has two rubble walls with oak lintels between them, which support the hipped steep roof. The lintels show chamfers, suggesting they have been reused from another structure. Notably, the lychgate has unusual, crudely made double iron gates crafted by a blacksmith. Each gate includes three heavy lozenge-section bars in the lower half and three flat bars above, with the flat bars connected by angled struts. The middle bar is adorned with welded cast-iron finials both above and below. Additionally, there are large wrought iron scrolls at the top, attached to the hanging stile.
Local climate
Lychgate to Church of St Mary sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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