Lych Gate of St John the Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1952. Lych gate.

Lych Gate of St John the Baptist Church

WRENN ID
lesser-wattle-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bromsgrove
Constituency
Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1952
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych Gate of St John the Baptist Church, St John Street, B61 8QY
OS grid reference
SO 957 706
Coordinates
52.33403, -2.06414
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lych Gate of St John the Baptist Church likely has medieval origins, although much of the timber has been replaced. It features a tiled gable roof, and the end posts are embedded in a later wall. The Lych Gate, along with St John's Court (formerly the Council Offices), the Church of St John, and No. 14 St John Street, forms a cohesive group.

Local climate

Lych Gate of St John the Baptist Church receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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