Lych Gate in Churchyard of St Wilfred is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Lych gate.
Lych Gate in Churchyard of St Wilfred
- WRENN ID
- vacant-moat-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate in Churchyard of St Wilfred, Church Street, Davenham
- OS grid reference
- SJ 663 712
- Coordinates
- 53.23704, -2.50636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate in the churchyard of St Wilfred is a late 19th-century structure made of red sandstone ashlar with a timber superstructure and a plain tile roof. The road front features an ashlar plinth with a chamfered top. Above this, there are lateral posts with bead moulding along the inner edges, supporting a four-centred arch that continues the bead moulding. An inscription on the arch bressumer reads, "GRANT O LORD THAT THROUGH THE GRAVE/AND GATES OF DEATH/WE MAY PASS TO OUR JOYFUL RESURRECTION." There is a brattished band above the arch and decorated open framing in the gable, with moulded bargeboards on either side. The left and right reveals each have three square posts with ramped lower buttressing pieces and arched braces in between. This lych gate is included for its group value with the church.
Local climate
Lych Gate in Churchyard of St Wilfred receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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