Lychgate and Churchyard Wall Adjoining the Church of the Holy Trinity to the North West is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1988. Lychgate, churchyard wall. 1 related planning application.
Lychgate and Churchyard Wall Adjoining the Church of the Holy Trinity to the North West
- WRENN ID
- graven-truss-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1988
- Type
- Lychgate, churchyard wall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 603 372
- Coordinates
- 52.93108, -2.59201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate and churchyard wall adjoining the Church of the Holy Trinity to the north-west were built around 1878 by William Eden Nesfield. The lychgate features half-height walls made of tooled yellow and grey sandstone ashlar, with a timber-framed superstructure and a hipped plain tile roof. The walls have moulded copings and moulded arched-braced openings, supported by curved brackets at the front and back. Side openings are adorned with wooden balustrading that has billet-ornamented rails. At the front, there is a pair of wooden gates with two trefoiled segmental-headed openings, complete with wrought-iron finials and strap hinges. Inside, there are three stone steps leading up to the roof, which is supported by collar trusses and rafters with shaped ends, and features a plastered soffit. A copper plate on the right side is inscribed: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF FRANCES ELIZABETH HEYWOOD-LONSDALE, THIS LAMP / IS PLACED HERE BY THE PARISHONERS OF CALVERHALL. EASTER 1903 / "LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS, / AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN." The lamp was not in place at the time of the survey in October 1986. The flanking churchyard walls are also made of sandstone ashlar, featuring chamfered and moulded coping, and were formerly topped with wrought-iron railings. To the right, there is a short section of curved wall connecting the lychgate to the tower of the Church of the Holy Trinity, which was also designed by Nesfield.
Local climate
Lychgate and Churchyard Wall Adjoining the Church of the Holy Trinity to the North West receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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