St Cenydd's Lychgate is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 March 2000. Lychgate.
St Cenydd's Lychgate
- WRENN ID
- dark-foundation-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 March 2000
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- St Cenydd's Lychgate, Llangennith Village, Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
- OS grid reference
- SS 428 914
- Coordinates
- 51.59995, -4.27023
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
St Cenydd's Lychgate is a timber-framed structure located to the northwest of the churchyard, featuring double timber gates. It is supported by four corner-posts with large curved braces connecting to the tie-beams. The lychgate has a low-pitched slated roof with a tile ridge, and it features a large verge overhang supported by curved brackets, along with generously scalloped bargeboards on both the front and rear.
Above the tie-beams at the front and rear, there are quatrefoil-pierced fascias. Each side of the lychgate has three open lights adorned with gothic tracery and cinquefoil scalloping, while rendered panels are positioned below the side lights. There is a shallow seat on each side, and the structure stands on stone plinths.
The gates, which were added later, have posts intricately carved with animals and panels depicting scenes from the lives of St Cenydd and St David. Stone paving extends from the gates to the road.
Local climate
St Cenydd's Lychgate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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