Lychgate Approximately 25 Metres to North of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1968. Lychgate.
Lychgate Approximately 25 Metres to North of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- pale-trefoil-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1968
- Type
- Lychgate
- OS grid reference
- SO 300 806
- Coordinates
- 52.41907, -3.03015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate, located approximately 25 metres north of the Church of St. George, dates back to 1723 according to churchwardens' accounts. It was dismantled in 1841, re-erected around 1881, and restored in 1956. The structure features a timber frame set on low coursed limestone rubble walls, topped with a graded stone slate roof that has gables on all sides, adorned with moulded barge boards and finials from circa 1881. The lychgate has a square plan with close studded sides that include a central rail, blocked below and open above. It has large curved arch-braces at the entrances on the north and south sides, and trusses in the gables with vertical struts supporting a collar and quatre-foiled panels. A central pair of wooden gates from circa 1881 completes the design. After its dismantling, the lychgate was temporarily re-erected at the gateway to Handcauseway before being returned to its original location around 1881. Although it was restored in 1956, it is recognized as a faithful copy and holds group value.
Local climate
Lychgate Approximately 25 Metres to North of Church of St George receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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