Lychgate Infront of St Lawrence's School is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. A Modern Lychgate.
Lychgate Infront of St Lawrence's School
- WRENN ID
- crooked-flagstone-saffron
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend MP: Mary Glindon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lychgate
- Period
- Modern
- OS grid reference
- NZ 273 645
- Coordinates
- 54.97449, -1.57449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate in front of St Lawrence's School, designed by Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor with site architect Vernon Gracie, dates from 1833. It features a combination of cast iron and timber slats. The structure is supported by two metal uprights adorned with ornamental brackets that include six pointed stars and scrollwork. These uprights hold up a timber frame topped with a simple concave pitched roof made of wooden slats, characteristic of the Byker style. Notably, the metalwork used to support the roof is believed to have originated from a local Victorian railway station that was demolished during the Byker development.
Local climate
Lychgate Infront of St Lawrence's School receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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