Lychgate and attached wall descending to the Cathedral is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. Pump.
Lychgate and attached wall descending to the Cathedral
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1975
- Type
- Pump
- Address
- Lychgate and attached wall descending to the Cathedral, Llandaff
- OS grid reference
- ST 155 780
- Coordinates
- 51.49524, -3.21827
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lychgate and the attached wall leading down to the Cathedral are both constructed from pink Radyr and grey Forest of Dean sandstones. The lychgate features a pointed arch and a stepped hipped stone roof topped with a cruciform finial. It also includes stone modillions, buttresses, and oak double gates. The wall extends downhill from the lychgate to the Prebendal House, with a flight of steps leading to the Cathedral. This low wall has a castellated ramped stone coping, and the steps to the Cathedral are flanked by Radyr stone piers.
Local climate
Lychgate and attached wall descending to the Cathedral 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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