Pinnacle of Spire Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of St Keyne is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1993. Pinnacle of spire.

Pinnacle of Spire Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of St Keyne

WRENN ID
roaming-hammer-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1993
Type
Pinnacle of spire
OS grid reference
SW 820 458
Coordinates
50.27254, -5.0605
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pinnacle of the church spire, located approximately 30 meters northeast of the Church of St Keyne, is a Grade II listed structure dating from 1769. It was designed by the architect Thomas Edwards and was re-sited around 1880 after the tower of the former Church of St Mary was demolished. This pinnacle is made of granite ashlar and has an octagonal plan, featuring a steep upper stage of the tower spire. The addition of the Gothic tower and spire to St Mary's Church, which partially remains as the St Mary's Aisle of the Cathedral, was the last project completed by Thomas Edwards, a notable Cornish architect known for other works such as The Mansion House and Prince's House in Prince's Street.

Local climate

Pinnacle of Spire Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of St Keyne receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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 0.3°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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