Lych Gate of St James's Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1967. A Early Modern Lych gate.
Lych Gate of St James's Church
- WRENN ID
- keen-bronze-root
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1967
- Type
- Lych gate
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Lych Gate of St James's Church, Cradley and Storridge
- OS grid reference
- SO 735 471
- Coordinates
- 52.12161, -2.3872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lych Gate of St James's Church is a structure dating from the 16th or 17th century, or possibly even earlier. It features a timber frame consisting of two bays, with tie-beams, curved braces, and collars. The gate is part of a cohesive group that includes the church, the parish hall, Church Cottage, and the rectory, along with the garden wall and stables.
Local climate
Lych Gate of St James's Church receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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