Lych Gate to Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Lych gate.

Lych Gate to Church of St Bartholomew

WRENN ID
secret-soffit-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych Gate to Church of St Bartholomew, Church Street, Wilmslow
OS grid reference
SJ 848 814
Coordinates
53.32983, -2.22967
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lych gate to the Church of St. Bartholomew, dated 1904, is possibly designed by Bodley and Garner in memory of Emery Bates. It features open timber framing set on an ashlar plinth with a roof made of Kerridge stone-slate. The plinth has hollow chamfered and bead moulded coping. The entrance is a three-centred arch adorned with carved rosettes in the spandrels. On either side of the entrance are tall pierced panels, one of which has been restored while the other has been vandalised. The tiebeam displays an inscription in Medieval script, which is becoming worn, and is decorated with dentils along the top. The gable is supported by S-shaped strutting and features carved rosettes on the barge boards. Each side of the gate has four additional pierced panels, all of which have been vandalised, and inside, there are stone seats along each side.

Local climate

Lych Gate to Church of St Bartholomew 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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