Lychgate of Church of St. John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. Lychgate.
Lychgate of Church of St. John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- dark-rafter-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1975
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate of Church of St. John the Baptist, Radyr, Llandaff
- OS grid reference
- ST 139 790
- Coordinates
- 51.50352, -3.24136
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lychgate of the Church of St. John the Baptist is a timber structure supported on low walls made of Radyr stone. It features a gabled roof that is covered with tiles and topped with a cruciform finial. The lychgate has a heavy wooden double gate that spans a single opening and swings on a central pivot, equipped with pulleys. On the south-west side of the lychgate, there is a plaque that reads: "THIS GATE WAS ERECTED BY FRANKLIN GEORGE EVANS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR GLAMORGAN & MONMOUTH OF LLWYNARTHAN CASTLETON, MONMOUTH FORMERLY OF TYNANT RADYR AND FOR 12 YEARS CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH AD 1899 G E HALLIDAY ARCHITECT."
Local climate
Lychgate of Church of St. John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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