Church Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. Steps.
Church Steps
- WRENN ID
- moated-storey-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1995
- Type
- Steps
- Address
- Church Steps, St Marys Gate
- OS grid reference
- SD 473 619
- Coordinates
- 54.05045, -2.80501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church Steps in Lancaster are a flight of 25 steps that lead up to the churchyard. They were last laid in 1884, replacing an earlier flight from 1761. Made of sandstone ashlar, the steps are wide and feature simple nosings. They are arranged in pairs, with the tread of one step being about twice as long as the one below it, making them easy to climb. On the south side, there is a retaining wall that was rebuilt around 1800 during alterations to the Castle. This wall shows traces on its inner face of rebates that were likely made to accommodate the steps from 1761.
Local climate
Church Steps sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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