Lych Gate and Flanking Walls Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Lych-gate.
Lych Gate and Flanking Walls Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- woven-solder-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South MP: Hilary Benn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1976
- Type
- Lych-gate
- Address
- Lych Gate and Flanking Walls Church of St Mary, Town Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 302 284
- Coordinates
- 53.75147, -1.54286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate at the Church of St Mary, likely built in 1846 by R.D. Chantrell, is constructed of coursed squared stone with a stone slate roof, showcasing Gothic Revival style. It features a steep roof with stone coping on high gable ends and crosses at the apex. The entrance has a moulded pointed arch supported by paired attached columns and a hoodmould, along with buttresses. The curved flanking walls are approximately 5 meters long, topped with pointed coping and shallow pyramid caps on the end piers. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lych Gate and Flanking Walls Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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