Lychgate And Attached Churchyard Walls To East And South Of Church Of St Gluvias

The lychgate and attached churchyard walls to the east and south of the Church of St Gluvias in Penryn are notable features. The wall to the south likely dates from the 18th century, while the lychgate and the wall with railings in front of the church's west end were constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century. The older walls are made of rubble with a hogs-back granite coping and remnants of former iron railings. The lychgate itself is built from dressed granite and some rubble, topped with a dry Delabole slate roof that has pierced ridge tiles. The other walls consist of dressed granite, carefully arranged with granite copings that step up to align with the slope leading to the gateway, which features granite monolithic piers. The lychgate has side walls that are corbelled out near the top at both the front and rear. It has a wide opening spanned by a chamfered timber lintel or wall plate, and wrought-iron gates adorned with a quatrefoil frieze, which is a design echoed in the other railings and gates. Inside the lychgate, there is a central coffin rest and a roof structure supported by a central tie-beam truss with an arched collar.