Lychgate at Church of St Lawrence and Churchyard Wall to West and South is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1967. Lychgate.

Lychgate at Church of St Lawrence and Churchyard Wall to West and South

WRENN ID
tenth-wattle-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Gorton and Denton MP: Hannah Spencer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1967
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate at Church of St Lawrence and Churchyard Wall to West and South, Town Lane
OS grid reference
SJ 926 950
Coordinates
53.45196, -2.11254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate at the Church of St. Lawrence, dating from the late 19th century, features a stone slate roof supported by a timber structure. Two posts, which have later diagonal supports, rise to hold a ridge beam and cross beams that support the eaves purlins. The timber members are chamfered, and shaped braces reinforce the junctions between the cross beams and posts. The hammer-dressed stone walls are topped with triangular coping stones. Originally, the lychgate included a stone commemorating the school of 1814, which is now located in the churchyard.

Local climate

Lychgate at Church of St Lawrence and Churchyard Wall to West and South 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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