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
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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