Lych Gate at church of St Cenau, Llangenny is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1998. Lych gate.

Lych Gate at church of St Cenau, Llangenny

WRENN ID
forbidden-cloister-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 November 1998
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych Gate at church of St Cenau, Llangenny, the Vale of Grwyney, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 240 181
Coordinates
51.85649, -3.10478
Source
Cadw listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The lych gate at the church of St Cenau in Llangenny is constructed from coursed rubble that is integrated with the churchyard walls and features a stone tile roof. On the north side, a tie beam is engraved with the inscription "At the Ch of IAMO 1639" in uneven letters, likely copied from a tie beam of an earlier lych gate. The roof has three bays, supported by stop-chamfered tie beams with cusped raking struts. The central truss is held up by plain wall shafts, and between these shafts are wooden gates topped with cast iron fleur-de-lys finials. On the south side of the gates, the walls include stone benches.

Local climate

Lych Gate at church of St Cenau, Llangenny sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 1 Church Cottages Grade II 7 m
  2. 2 Church Cottages Grade II 11 m
  3. Pair of Parry family tombs in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny Grade II 14 m
  4. Sundial in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny Grade II 18 m
  5. Llangenny School Grade II 18 m
  6. Church of St Cenau, Llangenny Grade II* 27 m
  7. Tomb of Martyn Roberts in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny Grade II 41 m
  8. Drinking Fountain Grade II 60 m
  9. Llangenny Bridge Grade II 167 m
  10. Druid's Altar Grade II 326 m