Lychgate and N gate to churchyard of Church of St Dingat is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 1981. Footbridge. 3 related planning applications.
Lychgate and N gate to churchyard of Church of St Dingat
- WRENN ID
- patient-frieze-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1981
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Lychgate and N gate to churchyard of Church of St Dingat, Llandovery
- OS grid reference
- SN 764 341
- Coordinates
- 51.99169, -3.8015
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lychgate and northern gate to the churchyard of the Church of St Dingat is a timber open structure dating from the early 20th century. It features a slate roof supported by base walls made of crazed red rubble stone with ashlar dressings. The flanking low walls have chamfered ashlar tops and ashlar ends, along with inner gatepiers that include quoins and chamfered heavy caps. The double timber gates consist of six panels each, with three panels open. Inside, there are four sandstone bench seats, and a plaque from 1918 is mounted on the right wall.
The upper section of the lychgate has square oak framing with arched braces supporting cambered tie-beams, with posts above. The centre post features arms that form a cross in the gable. The structure has plain bargeboards and swept eaves. To the right, a rubble stone low wall curves towards a plain iron 'kissing gate' that includes dog bars and wrought iron spearheads, all contained between stone piers topped with pyramid caps.
Local climate
Lychgate and N gate to churchyard of Church of St Dingat 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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