Lych Gate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1988. Lych-gate.
Lych Gate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- slow-pewter-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1988
- Type
- Lych-gate
- Address
- Lych Gate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael, Welshampton and Lyneal
- OS grid reference
- SJ 433 349
- Coordinates
- 52.90903, -2.84353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael is a timber structure, likely designed by George Gilbert Scott around 1863. It features a gabled machine tile roof supported by curved braces, and the side walls are made of snecked yellow sandstone with chamfered coping. The gate has double gates at the center. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lych Gate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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