Lychgate and Steps South West of Rowsley Church is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Lychgate.
Lychgate and Steps South West of Rowsley Church
- WRENN ID
- old-fireplace-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate and Steps South West of Rowsley Church, Church Lane, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 254 660
- Coordinates
- 53.19097, -1.6205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate, dating from the mid 19th century, is located southwest of Rowsley Church. It features coursed squared sandstone and ashlar, with a timber superstructure topped by a hipped tiled roof that has a gableted top. The structure is built into the hillside and is accessed by a broad flight of seven stone steps, which are flanked by curving coursed stone walls that have chamfered copings and ashlar end piers.
The lychgate itself consists of two substantial parallel ashlar walls with a vermiculated finish and chamfered coping, positioned on either side of a further flight of five steps. The rectangular timber superstructure includes diagonal curved and cross bracing, with stop-chamfered mouldings. It is completed by a pair of wooden gates that feature straight braces and trefoils.
Local climate
Lychgate and Steps South West of Rowsley Church receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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