Lych gate at entrance to Llanfynydd churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 April 2003. Lych gate.

Lych gate at entrance to Llanfynydd churchyard

WRENN ID
brooding-rotunda-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 April 2003
Type
Lych gate
OS grid reference
SN 558 275
Coordinates
51.92814, -4.09828
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lych gate at the entrance to Llanfynydd churchyard is made of rubble stone and features a steeply pitched slate roof. It has round arches with narrow voussoirs and double iron entrance gates on the outer (south) side. Inside, there are wooden benches along the side walls.

Local climate

Lych gate at entrance to Llanfynydd churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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