Lych Gate Approximately 30 Metres South-West of Church of St Oswald is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Lych-gate.
Lych Gate Approximately 30 Metres South-West of Church of St Oswald
- WRENN ID
- odd-lancet-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lych-gate
- OS grid reference
- SJ 288 293
- Coordinates
- 52.85676, -3.05848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate, dated 1631, is located approximately 30 meters south-west of the Church of St. Oswald. It features a timber-framed structure that is now supported on 18th-century walls, which were repaired in the late 20th century. The roof is made of stone slate and has wooden finials at the gables. There are four gables, each with a tie beam and collar supported by two vertical struts; the northern collar is inscribed with the date 1631. The tie beams on the north and south sides have a slightly cambered arch at the center, with mortice and peg holes indicating where former vertical posts were placed. A low stone wall on the south side is complemented by early 19th-century cast-iron railings with urn-capped standards, and there is a central position for a gate. This lych gate was formerly an entrance to the town's grammar school, which is now Nos. 1 to 3, Church Terrace, and it is locally referred to as the Griddle Gate.
Local climate
Lych Gate Approximately 30 Metres South-West of Church of St Oswald receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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