Lych Gate to South West of Church of St Keyne is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1973. Lych gate. 1 related planning application.

Lych Gate to South West of Church of St Keyne

WRENN ID
forgotten-minaret-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1973
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych Gate to South West of Church of St Keyne, Kenwyn Church Road, Truro
OS grid reference
SW 819 458
Coordinates
50.27209, -5.06177
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lych gate and schoolroom, located to the southwest of the Church of St Keyne, is believed to date back to the 14th century but was refurbished or rebuilt in the early 19th century and restored in the 1980s. It is constructed from local stone rubble with some granite dressings. The building features a jettied upper floor with slate hanging on studwork and a dry Delabole slate roof that is pyramidal over the lych gate. The structure has a rectangular plan with the lych gate positioned on the right (south) side. It stands two storeys high and has three windows on the west front. The left side features a wide four-light casement window, while the other windows are wooden mullioned with round-arched lights, including a four-light window to the left of the lych gate and a two-light window at the lych gate and on the return. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Lych Gate to South West 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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