Lych Gate, Walls, Horse Trough and Mounting Block North of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1993. Ancillary structure.
Lych Gate, Walls, Horse Trough and Mounting Block North of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- odd-balcony-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1993
- Type
- Ancillary structure
- Address
- Lych Gate, Walls, Horse Trough and Mounting Block North of Church of St Martin, Church Street North, Liskeard
- OS grid reference
- SX 253 644
- Coordinates
- 50.4538, -4.46107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lych gate, walls, horse trough, and mounting block located north of the Church of St Martin in Liskeard are notable features from the late 19th century. The lych gate itself dates from this period, while the adjoining walls are likely from the 18th century and later. The mounting block is probably from the early 19th century, and the horse trough was installed in 1893.
Constructed from slatestone rubble with some granite dressings, the lych gate has a dry Delabole slate roof, shaped oak barge boards, and crested clay ridge tiles. It is rectangular in shape with serpentine walls connecting it to the path leading to the church. The lych gate has open front and rear sections, featuring four-centred arched oak doorways with carved spandrels. The front includes a pair of square gate piers and mid-19th century iron gates, along with paired vents at the gable ends.
Inside, there is likely an 18th-century coffin rest flanked by granite grid stiles and benches, topped with an oak waggon roof. Additional features include three steps on three sides leading up to a tapered landing in front of the lych gate. To the left, there are two steps leading up to the mounting block, which is built against an older churchyard wall. On the right, a later wall topped with iron railings is present, and to the left of the mounting block, there is a granite horse trough inscribed with: "PRESENTED TO THE BOROUGH BY A LOVER OF ANIMALS."
Local climate
Lych Gate, Walls, Horse Trough and Mounting Block North of Church of St Martin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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