Lych Gate to Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Lych gate.
Lych Gate to Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- waning-entrance-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West MP: Phil Brickell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate to Church of St Mary, Junction Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 693 080
- Coordinates
- 53.56825, -2.46436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate to the Church of St Mary is a late 19th-century structure made of coursed and squared stone with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. It is a single-storey building featuring a 4-centred archway with a hoodmould that springs from corbels on the north and south sides. There is a three-light window on the west side, canted angles, and an embattled parapet adorned with gargoyles.
Local climate
Lych Gate to Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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