Steps Walls and Coffin Rest at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Wenna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. Steps and walls.
Steps Walls and Coffin Rest at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Wenna
- WRENN ID
- outer-floor-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1988
- Type
- Steps and walls
- Address
- Steps Walls and Coffin Rest at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Wenna, St. Wenn
- OS grid reference
- SW 967 648
- Coordinates
- 50.44801, -4.86398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps, walls, and coffin rest at the west entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Wenna were built in the mid to late 19th century. They are made of granite and consist of a flight of eight granite steps. The low flanking walls are constructed from rubble and feature chamfered granite coping, extending about six meters long and stepping up at the entrance to the churchyard. At the top of the entrance, there is a central coffin rest made of a granite monolith, with a grid of granite bars on each side to prevent animals from entering the churchyard.
Local climate
Steps Walls and Coffin Rest at the West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Wenna receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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