Lychgate and Railings, Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. Lychgate.
Lychgate and Railings, Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- idle-baluster-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1986
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate and Railings, Church of St Nicholas, the Green, Grafton
- OS grid reference
- SU 257 603
- Coordinates
- 51.3416, -1.63218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate and railings at the Church of St. Nicholas were built in 1844 by Benjamin Ferrey. The lychgate is constructed from ashlar limestone and features a slate roof in the Romanesque revival style. It has tall chevron arches supported by short raised columns, with steeply gabled ends and a roundel at the apex. The structure includes paired round-headed sidelights and a corbel table. The roof is open, and there are timber front gates with elaborate iron hinges. On either side, there are cast iron railings attached to a dwarf wall, which ends in stone and flint piers.
Local climate
Lychgate and Railings, Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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