Lych Gate to Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Lych gate.
Lych Gate to Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate to Church of Holy Trinity, High Startforth
- OS grid reference
- NZ 047 159
- Coordinates
- 54.53846, -1.92879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate to the Church of Holy Trinity, likely built in 1863, is made of timber and features a Lakeland slate roof with a moulded stone ridge-piece. It is supported by two posts that carry a frame with cusped braces. The structure has diagonal boarding over collared rafters, with moulded ends that project below the eaves, and all members are stop-chamfered. The roof is hipped, and there are double gates with an open trefoil-arched arcade above pierced panels, along with ornamental metal cresting and hinges. This gate is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lych Gate to Church of Holy Trinity receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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