Lychgate Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Kenelm is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Lychgate.
Lychgate Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Kenelm
- WRENN ID
- hushed-turret-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Lychgate
- OS grid reference
- SP 379 250
- Coordinates
- 51.9231, -1.44947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate, located approximately 15 meters south of the tower of the Church of St. Kenelm, was built in 1856 by G. E. Street. It features timber-framing and limestone ashlar, topped with a Stonesfield-slate roof, and is designed in the Gothic style. The structure has low stone side walls and an open arcaded timber upper stage that supports two arch-braced collar trusses and a steep-pitched roof. The wooden posts and bressumers are chamfered and carved with four-petalled flowers, while the collars are adorned with crenellations. The arched braces and bressumers include inscriptions, one of which commemorates members of the Marshall family. This lychgate is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lychgate Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Kenelm receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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