Lych Gate to Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1984. Lych-gate.
Lych Gate to Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- quartered-rafter-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1984
- Type
- Lych-gate
- Address
- Lych Gate to Church of St Thomas, Church Lane, Henbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 881 736
- Coordinates
- 53.25982, -2.17923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate to the Church of St Thomas, built around 1870, is a timber structure set on a stone plinth with a tiled roof. It features two bays and has chamfered posts with angle braces that support trusses made of paired principals, with all members being chamfered. The gable ends are adorned with decorated bargeboards, and the roof is distinguished by a band of fish-scale tiles placed between plain tiles. This structure is listed for its group value only.
Local climate
Lych Gate to Church of St Thomas sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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