Gatehouse to Church of St Wilfrid is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. Gatehouse.
Gatehouse to Church of St Wilfrid
- WRENN ID
- turning-garret-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Gatehouse to Church of St Wilfrid, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- SD 563 102
- Coordinates
- 53.58683, -2.66152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse to the Church of St. Wilfrid, built in 1927 by Austin and Paley, is a two-storey stone structure located on the north side of Market Place in Standish-with-Langtree. It features a small lean-to bay on the left side and an octagonal turret on the right. The cornice is adorned with carved bosses representing cardinal virtues, and the embattled parapet is decorated with projecting angels that symbolize biblical virtues.
The entrance is Tudor-arched, with continuous moulding and enriched spandrels that include a rose and pomegranate design. The front facade has a canted oriel window with a 1:2:1-light configuration, showcasing cusped lights and a frieze decorated with a carved harp, fleur-de-lys, and trinity fishes, all beneath a hipped roof. A small light with a label is present in the lean-to bay. The turret includes an inset war memorial plaque and the Standish arms, with a cornice and top panelled sides featuring mullions and transoms, as well as cusped panels and leaded lights.
The rear of the gatehouse is similar to the front, featuring a statue in a niche with a nodding ogee over the arch, flanked by buttresses and two mullioned windows with two lights on the left. The lean-to bay has an elliptical-headed entrance. Inside, the entrance passage contains an inscribed frieze and memorial tablets.
Local climate
Gatehouse to Church of St Wilfrid sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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