Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. A Victorian Lychgate.
Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- twisted-spindle-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1988
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert, Purston Lane, Ackworth
- OS grid reference
- SE 440 180
- Coordinates
- 53.65706, -1.33495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate to the church of St. Cuthbert, dated 1878, is built from coursed squared sandstone with a timber superstructure and a red tiled roof, showcasing a Vernacular Revival style. It features stone side walls, each supported by a timber sill that holds three short turned posts, with tracery in the openings between them. There is prominent arch-bracing to a lateral beam and two longitudinal beams, with the inner beam displaying a brass plate inscribed in Gothic script that reads: "THIS LYCHGATE ERECTED 1878."
On the principal beams, there is an additional set of stout turned posts that support the purlins. Between the side walls, a pair of gates is adorned with quatrefoil panels in the lower half and turned balusters in the upper half, featuring scrolled wrought-iron spikes between them and decorated strap hinges on the top and bottom rails.
Local climate
Lychgate to church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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