Front Boundary Wall and Lych Gate of St John's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Brent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1979. Boundary wall, lych gate.
Front Boundary Wall and Lych Gate of St John's Church
- WRENN ID
- under-pier-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brent
- Constituency
- Brent West MP: Barry Gardiner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1979
- Type
- Boundary wall, lych gate
- Address
- Front Boundary Wall and Lych Gate of St John's Church, High Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 178 850
- Coordinates
- 51.55233, -0.3013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front boundary wall and lych gate of St John's Church, located on High Road in Wembley, are constructed of brick and are contemporary with the church. The boundary features decorative cast-iron railings on a dwarf wall, complemented by a picturesque wooden lych gate that provides access from the main road.
Local climate
Front Boundary Wall and Lych Gate of St John's Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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