Watch House in Churchyard of St Mary Le Gill is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Church watch house.

Watch House in Churchyard of St Mary Le Gill

WRENN ID
silent-shingle-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Church watch house
Address
Watch House in Churchyard of St Mary Le Gill, Ghyll Lane, Barnoldswick
OS grid reference
SD 892 479
Coordinates
53.92789, -2.16473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a watch house or bier house, dating from 1824, located in the churchyard of St Mary-le-Gill. It is constructed of rubble with shaped quoins and features a stone slate roof. The structure consists of two sections, with the later western end containing a dressed entry that has wooden linked double doors. Notable features include a pointed arched doorway in the eastern section and a plaque beside it that reads: "ERECTED A:D: MDCCCXXIV MORDAUNT BARNARD B A Incumbent) William Armistead) Wm H Edmondson) Churchwardens William Heap) Thomas Edmondson)."

Local climate

Watch House in Churchyard of St Mary Le Gill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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