Memorial Lychgate at Church of the Holy Rood is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1987. A 20th century Memorial lychgate.
Memorial Lychgate at Church of the Holy Rood
- WRENN ID
- last-rampart-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1987
- Type
- Memorial lychgate
- Address
- Memorial Lychgate at Church of the Holy Rood, Village Street
- OS grid reference
- SK 598 350
- Coordinates
- 52.90951, -1.11152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial lychgate at the Church of the Holy Rood was built in 1932 and is made of timber. It features a shingled hipped roof and a chamfered ashlar plinth. The structure is supported by four straight and four curved posts, with sills and lintels. It has a common rafter roof with collars and a Celtic cross finial. The lintel is inscribed with the words: "To the Glory of God and in memory of Kathleen Carol Halford who died 3rd January 1932 + This Memorial is dedicated by her parents." This lychgate is included for its group value only.
Local climate
Memorial Lychgate at Church of the Holy Rood sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% 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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