Lychgate at St Tudor's Church Mynyddislwyn is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 September 1999. Lychgate.

Lychgate at St Tudor's Church Mynyddislwyn

WRENN ID
roaming-ember-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 September 1999
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate at St Tudor's Church Mynyddislwyn, Ynysddu
OS grid reference
ST 193 939
Coordinates
51.63864, -3.16682
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lychgate at St Tudor's Church in Mynyddislwyn is a nearly square structure made of tooled stone and coursed rubble, topped with a pyramidal tiled roof that features overhanging eaves. It has elliptical archways adorned with voussoirs and a string course at the impost level. The lychgate is fitted with iron gates that have a roundel motif. A service board is attached to the front, and there are stone benches on either side of the wall.

Local climate

Lychgate at St Tudor's Church Mynyddislwyn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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