Lych Gate to Church of St Denys is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1985. Lych gate.
Lych Gate to Church of St Denys
- WRENN ID
- narrow-rubble-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1985
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- Lych Gate to Church of St Denys, Church Lane, Cold Ashby
- OS grid reference
- SP 656 762
- Coordinates
- 52.38077, -1.0374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate to the Church of St. Denys, dated 1883, is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a plain-tile roof in a High Victorian style. The road-facing elevation includes a double-stepped pointed arch with roll moulding, flanked by pairs of shafts with foliated capitals. Above the arch, there is a gable parapet adorned with crocket decoration and a finial, which displays a coat of arms in a quatrefoil surrounded by foliage. An inscription in the arch reads, "Death is the gate of Life." The rear elevation is similar but simpler, featuring a Latin inscription with the date in the gable. Each side elevation has a two-window range of small lancets, with castellated parapets above that include central gargoyles. Buttresses are positioned between the windows, with corner buttresses featuring gabled copings. The interior boasts a tiled floor and a plain rib-vaulted roof, with an inscription at the springing level that states, "When a few years are come then I shall go away when I shall not return. Job.XV.1.CH.22V." The gate is complemented by a pair of wrought iron gates.
Local climate
Lych Gate to Church of St Denys receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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