Lychgate and Wall to Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Lychgate, boundary wall.
Lychgate and Wall to Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- lone-pinnacle-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Lychgate, boundary wall
- Address
- Lychgate and Wall to Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Skerne and Wansford
- OS grid reference
- TA 062 566
- Coordinates
- 53.99485, -0.38087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate and wall to the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin were built in 1868 by the architect G E Street for Sir Tatton Sykes. The structure features an ashlar wall and a timber-framed lychgate with plain clay roofing tiles. The lychgate has a triple-chamfered plinth, post and principal rafter framework, arch braces, scissor braces, and six trefoil-headed openings with transoms on both sides. The low churchyard wall is topped with shaped coping stones. This listing is included for its group value context.
Local climate
Lychgate and Wall to Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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