Mounting Block Near Lychgate of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1967. Mounting block.
Mounting Block Near Lychgate of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-lead-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton MP: Hannah Spencer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1967
- Type
- Mounting block
- Address
- Mounting Block Near Lychgate of Church of St Lawrence, Town Lane
- OS grid reference
- SJ 926 950
- Coordinates
- 53.45204, -2.11253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mounting block near the lychgate of the Church of St. Lawrence is possibly of medieval origin. It consists of two steps that have been hewn out of a single piece of stone.
Local climate
Mounting Block Near Lychgate of Church of St Lawrence 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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