Lychgate outside Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Lychgate.
Lychgate outside Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- old-portal-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1998
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate outside Church of St Mary, Chirk
- OS grid reference
- SJ 291 376
- Coordinates
- 52.93135, -3.05594
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lychgate outside the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed structure featuring an open timber framed superstructure supported by Cefn stone side walls. The roof is covered with stone slab roofing slates and has a ridge. Each side of the lychgate is framed with four panels, each topped with a trefoiled head. The moulded top plate extends at both ends and is supported by long curved braces that connect to low steps in the side walls. The gable apexes have simple framing, and there is a central tie beam truss with a pair of gates located below it, positioned centrally beneath the roof.
Local climate
Lychgate outside Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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