Lychgate at Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Lychgate.
Lychgate at Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- south-vestry-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate at Church of St Thomas, London Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 924 865
- Coordinates
- 53.37619, -2.11501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate at the Church of St. Thomas is a memorial structure dedicated to James Bardsley, who lived from 1851 to 1916. It features rock-faced stone dwarf walls, a timber frame, and a stone slate roof. There are four square posts on each side wall. The two gable frames include openings with cusped tracery and a billeted cambered tie beam supported by shaped diagonal braces. The eaves and verges of the roof overhang, and there are two slatted gates. This lychgate is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lychgate at Church of St Thomas sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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