Lych gate to Church of Our Lady and St James is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1986. Lych gate.
Lych gate to Church of Our Lady and St James
- WRENN ID
- eastward-cornice-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley South MP: Stephanie Peacock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1986
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych gate to Church of Our Lady and St James, West Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 353 035
- Coordinates
- 53.52736, -1.46749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate to the Church of Our Lady and St James is likely from 1902 and was designed by T. H. and F. Healey of Bradford. It is constructed from ashlar sandstone and features a free-standing archway with double iron gates in the Gothic Revival style. The arch is double-chamfered and has a hoodmould, with a panel inscribed with the phrase: "Believers in the word and not hearers only." Above the arch is a shield displaying the insignia of St. James. The gate is flanked by buttresses that have roll-moulded copings, and the gable copings are made from ashlar slabs topped with an apex cross. The iron gates are contemporary to the structure. This lych gate is included for its group value with the church.
Local climate
Lych gate to Church of Our Lady and St James receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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