North West Lych Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Lych gate.
North West Lych Gate
- WRENN ID
- dark-stair-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Lych gate
- Address
- North West Lych Gate, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 484 317
- Coordinates
- 50.13273, -5.52162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North West Lych Gate, erected in 1897, is constructed of granite rubble and features a slate roof with gabled ends. The sides are open, and the gable ends include arches made from the arcading of the 13th century north transept of the church.
Local climate
North West Lych Gate sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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