Churchyard Wall and Lychgate, South of St Josephs Roman Catholic Church is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1991. Churchyard wall, lychgate.
Churchyard Wall and Lychgate, South of St Josephs Roman Catholic Church
- WRENN ID
- haunted-pier-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1991
- Type
- Churchyard wall, lychgate
- Address
- Churchyard Wall and Lychgate, South of St Josephs Roman Catholic Church, Thimble Mill Lane
- OS grid reference
- SP 088 889
- Coordinates
- 52.49866, -1.87091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard wall and lychgate, located south of St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, date from around 1850 and are likely designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. The wall is constructed of red brick, featuring a bond of headers and alternating stretcher and header courses, with burnt headers arranged in a diaper pattern and topped with blue brick pitched coping. The small lychgate at the center is made of brick, with stone quoins and coping on the end gables, and has a tiled roof. This wall and lychgate serve as the southeast boundary and main entrance to the former cemetery, which was originally associated with St Joseph's Church, initially built as a mortuary chapel.
Local climate
Churchyard Wall and Lychgate, South of St Josephs Roman Catholic Church receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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