Terrace Walls and Steps of St Peter's Church, Lich Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1995. Landscape feature.
Terrace Walls and Steps of St Peter's Church, Lich Gates
- WRENN ID
- kindled-moulding-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West MP: Warinder Juss (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1995
- Type
- Landscape feature
- Address
- Terrace Walls and Steps of St Peter's Church, Lich Gates, Exchange Street, City of Wolverhampton
- OS grid reference
- SO 913 987
- Coordinates
- 52.58679, -2.12872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace walls and steps of St Peter's Church, located on Lich Gates, were built between 1905 and 1907. They extend approximately 79 meters, with a 38-meter return to the north and a 35-meter return to the south, and include a war memorial. The walls are constructed from sandstone ashlar, featuring rock-faced revetting and a lower terrace wall to the south. Wrought-iron gates are present, and the walls have roll-moulded coping and battered piers topped with ball finials.
The steps consist of two flights with an oval area in between. A statue of Lady Wulfruna, dated 1974, is located nearby, along with gates to the south that lead down the steps (the gates to the north have been removed). The gates are paired and enriched with cartouches, and there are lamp standards at both the top and bottom of the steps. Two alcoves for seating in the revetting have segmental arches that die into the jambs. There is also a gate at the south-west angle and a lamp standard at the north-east angle. This structure serves as an important landscape feature between the church and the square in front of the Civic Offices.
Local climate
Terrace Walls and Steps of St Peter's Church, Lich Gates receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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