Lychgate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Helena is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1987. Lychgate.
Lychgate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Helena
- WRENN ID
- leaning-gutter-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1987
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Helena, Main Street, West Leake
- OS grid reference
- SK 527 264
- Coordinates
- 52.83314, -1.21814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St. Helena dates from around 1919. It is constructed of wood, with some ashlar stonework. The lychgate features a hipped slate roof topped with a single ridge cross. It has four corner posts set into low ashlar plinths, which are adorned with curved and decorative brackets that support the roof. Between the side posts are single low panels, and at the front, there is a double wooden gate. The posts are inscribed with the years "1914" and "1919", while a beam under the eaves bears the inscription "Their name liveth for evermore". This structure is included in the listing for its group value only.
Local climate
Lychgate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Helena sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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