Gateway at the Western Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Melor and Churchyard Cross at the North Side of the Gateway is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Gateway and cross.

Gateway at the Western Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Melor and Churchyard Cross at the North Side of the Gateway

WRENN ID
quartered-chalk-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1987
Type
Gateway and cross
Address
Gateway at the Western Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Melor and Churchyard Cross at the North Side of the Gateway, Linkinhorne
OS grid reference
SX 318 735
Coordinates
50.53748, -4.37358
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway at the western entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Melor, along with the churchyard cross located on the north side of the gateway, is likely from the 19th century and incorporates some materials from the 16th century. It is constructed from granite. The gateway features a short granite ashlar wall with granite coping, standing about 1.5 metres high and approximately 2 metres long on each side. There is a central coffin rest topped with a granite monolith. The pathway is ridged granite. Above the gateway, there is a plain iron overthrow that supports a 20th-century lamp. The gates are made of cast iron from the 19th century and have trefoil finials at the top and mid rails. The cross is a granite monolith, standing about 1.2 metres high, roughly hewn, with a hole through the shaft and a trefoil-shaped head.

Local climate

Gateway at the Western Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Melor and Churchyard Cross at the North Side of the Gateway 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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