Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 December 2003. Lychgate.

Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Matthew

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 December 2003
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Matthew, Dyffryn, Dyffryn Clydach
OS grid reference
SS 738 998
Coordinates
51.68317, -3.82603
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lychgate to the churchyard of the Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed structure. It is constructed of timber supported by two low walls made of rubble and ashlar. The roof is gabled and features bargeboards, covered with fishscale slates and topped with limestone ridge tiles. The timber used appears to be pine. The lychgate has two bays on each side, with openings that have cusped heads. Inside, there are three cambered tie-beams with king-posts leading up to an axial timber, which is supported by collars of rafter couples. Additionally, there are arch braces connecting the king-posts to the tie-beams.

Local climate

Lychgate to churchyard of Church of St Matthew sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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