Lychgate Approximately 35 Metres to East of Church of Saint Luke is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. A C19 Lychgate.
Lychgate Approximately 35 Metres to East of Church of Saint Luke
- WRENN ID
- secret-clay-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Lychgate
- OS grid reference
- SJ 612 285
- Coordinates
- 52.85346, -2.57616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate, located approximately 35 metres to the east of the Church of Saint Luke, was built around 1870, possibly designed by Anthony Salvin. It is constructed from red sandstone ashlar with some yellow sandstone ashlar and features a plain tile roof in a decorated Gothic style. The structure includes buttresses with chamfered offsets and parapeted gable ends, which have shaped kneelers and moulded copings. The entrances are marked by recessed chamfered arches and half-octagonal piers that have moulded capitals and stops at the rear. There are 3-light side openings with chamfered arches and octagonal shafts, also with moulded capitals. To the east, there is a pair of wooden gates, each featuring triple chamfered-arched lights. The lychgate is accessed by six stone steps leading up from the east, flanked by coped side walls and square end piers. Inside, the roof consists of three bays with chamfered arched-braced collar trusses that spring from curved braces resting on small stone corbels, along with single purlins and stone side benches. Notably, Hodnet Hall, also designed by Anthony Salvin, was built in 1870, and the Percy chapel was added to the Church of Saint Luke in the same year, suggesting a connection in design between these structures.
Local climate
Lychgate Approximately 35 Metres to East of Church of Saint Luke 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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