Gate Piers and Coffin Rest at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1987. Gate piers, coffin rest.

Gate Piers and Coffin Rest at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
distant-string-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1987
Type
Gate piers, coffin rest
Address
Gate Piers and Coffin Rest at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Botusfleming
OS grid reference
SX 404 613
Coordinates
50.42984, -4.24822
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and coffin rest at the west entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Mary date from the 18th century. They are constructed from slatestone rubble with granite dressings. The structure features a pair of square plan piers that are rebated for gates, which are fitted with a 20th-century cast iron gate and topped with granite caps. Additionally, there is a rubble coffin rest that has a granite top and ends.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Coffin Rest at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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