Lychgate at Church of Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Lychgate.

Lychgate at Church of Holy Cross

WRENN ID
dusk-rood-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North East Derbyshire
Constituency
Bolsover MP: Natalie Fleet (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 August 1984
Type
Lychgate
Address
Lychgate at Church of Holy Cross, Higham Lane, Morton
OS grid reference
SK 407 600
Coordinates
53.13645, -1.39234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lychgate at the Church of Holy Cross was designed in 1913 by Gladwyn Turbutt and built in 1914. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a stone slate roof with stone coped gables. The structure has two heavy gable end walls with buttresses on the east side, and a robust stone slate roof that is supported across the entrance by a wooden bressumer.

Local climate

Lychgate at Church of Holy Cross receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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