Steps, Settles, Stile and Coffin Rest at Approximately 5 Metres North-West of Church of St Levan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Steps, settles, stile, coffin rest.
Steps, Settles, Stile and Coffin Rest at Approximately 5 Metres North-West of Church of St Levan
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Steps, settles, stile, coffin rest
- OS grid reference
- SW 380 222
- Coordinates
- 50.04239, -5.66041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps, settles, stile, and coffin rest located approximately 5 metres north-west of the Church of St Levan date back to 1794. Constructed from dressed granite, the structure features a wide gateway that is accessed by a flight of six steps. This leads to a grid stile, which has been filled in, and is flanked by two stone settles. In the middle, there is a coffin rest, with the settles having high granite ashlar backs.
Local climate
Steps, Settles, Stile and Coffin Rest at Approximately 5 Metres North-West of Church of St Levan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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