Gateway and Coffin Rest at the North East Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Helena is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1988. Gateway and coffin rest.
Gateway and Coffin Rest at the North East Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Helena
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1988
- Type
- Gateway and coffin rest
- Address
- Gateway and Coffin Rest at the North East Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Helena, Helland
- OS grid reference
- SX 075 710
- Coordinates
- 50.50738, -4.71579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and coffin rest at the northeast entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Helena dates from the 19th century. It is constructed from slatestone rubble and granite. There are short sections of rubble wall on each side, each approximately 2 meters long and 1.5 meters high, topped with roughly hewn granite coping. The central coffin rest is made of slatestone rubble and features a top formed by two granite monoliths. A pair of wrought iron gates, decorated with lattice work, trefoils, and spike finials, completes the structure.
Local climate
Gateway and Coffin Rest at the North East Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Helena sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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