Lychgate and railings to Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 October 2005. Lychgate.

Lychgate and railings to Church of Saint Mary

WRENN ID
scattered-corner-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 October 2005
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate and railings to Church of Saint Mary, Ystradfellte, Aberdare, Powys
OS grid reference
SN 930 134
Coordinates
51.80944, -3.55316
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lychgate at the Church of Saint Mary is constructed from purple rubble stone and features a slate roof with 20th-century bargeboards on its shallow-pitched roof. The gateway has stone voussoirs forming a flattened arch on each side, although the arches have been rebuilt. It includes double iron gates with spearhead rails and dog-bars. To the left, there is a low wall made of squared purple stone blocks topped with stone coping, along with spearhead railings that are interrupted for a matching pedestrian kissing-gate.

Local climate

Lychgate and railings to Church of Saint Mary sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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