Lych Gate at the church of St Ilan, Eglwysilan is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 June 1999. Lych gate.
Lych Gate at the church of St Ilan, Eglwysilan
- WRENN ID
- deep-beam-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1999
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate at the church of St Ilan, Eglwysilan, Aber Valley
- OS grid reference
- ST 106 889
- Coordinates
- 51.59254, -3.29082
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lych gate at the church of St Ilan in Eglwysilan is square in plan and constructed of roughly coursed rubble sandstone. It features a pyramidal roof covered with reconstituted stone tiles, which were laid between 1980 and 1984, and is topped with a weathervane finial. Attached to the east and west sides are churchyard walls. The south and north sides have wide segmental arches, with the entrance featuring a pair of cast iron gates that have spike finials on the railings. Inside, there are integral stone benches along the sides.
Local climate
Lych Gate at the church of St Ilan, Eglwysilan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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