Lychgate to Churchyard of church of St Ellyw is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 March 1992. Gate piers.

Lychgate to Churchyard of church of St Ellyw

WRENN ID
late-gravel-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 March 1992
Type
Gate piers
Address
Lychgate to Churchyard of church of St Ellyw, Llanelli
OS grid reference
SN 506 005
Coordinates
51.68353, -4.16186
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lychgate to the churchyard of St Ellyw is an ornate stone and timber structure, featuring a steep bell-cast hipped roof covered in plain tiles with a lead ridge and a wooden cross finial. The base walls on each side are battered and constructed of rock-faced rubble, with red sandstone ashlar quoins and coping. These walls curve inward at each end to frame stone benches within. On the north side, there is a carved stone plaque that reads, "This lych-gate was erected to commemorate the rebuilding of the parish church by Arthur D Davies 1911." The west front has paired timber gates.

The upper part of the lychgate is very ornate and timber-framed, showcasing intricate timber tracery in the heads of open panels and in the front spandrels. Each side features a 1-4-1 panel arrangement, with a single panel on the front beside the main entry, which is supported by large arched braces and traceried spandrel panels. The posts are adorned with carved brackets that support the undersides of the rafters. The bell-cast roof includes an ornately carved dormer gable on the west front, complete with bargeboards and a traceried pierced three-light triangular opening.

Inside the lychgate, the roof features carved angel heads positioned in the angles beneath curved brackets, leading up to a false ridge with diagonally set king posts reaching the true ridge above. There is also tracery in the spandrel spaces and between the ridges.

Local climate

Lychgate to Churchyard of church of St Ellyw sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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