Lychgate at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Goran is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1988. Lychgate. 1 related planning application.
Lychgate at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Goran
- WRENN ID
- late-pediment-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1988
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Goran, PL26 6HN
- OS grid reference
- SW 999 422
- Coordinates
- 50.24663, -4.80765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate at the west entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Goran is a 19th-century structure. It is built from slatestone rubble, featuring granite and slate dressings, and has a plain wrought iron overthrow. On either side of the lychgate, there is a short section of rubble wall, approximately one meter high and one meter long, topped with slate coping. In the center, there is a rubble coffin rest with a slate top. There are granite-paved paths on each side of the coffin rest, which include two stone steps on the outer side.
Local climate
Lychgate at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Goran receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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