Norman Pier Immediately West of North Porch of Church of St Paternus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1991. A Medieval Pier.
Norman Pier Immediately West of North Porch of Church of St Paternus
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-attic-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1991
- Type
- Pier
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Norman Pier Immediately West of North Porch of Church of St Paternus, South Petherwin
- OS grid reference
- SX 309 819
- Coordinates
- 50.61238, -4.39093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Norman pier, located immediately west of the north porch of the Church of St Paternus in South Petherwin, is a re-erected structure from the Norman period. It is made of ashlar and features the top section of a large round pier with a carved scalloped capital. Additionally, pieces of tracery and other carved stone have been collected around the base of the pier.
Local climate
Norman Pier Immediately West of North Porch of Church of St Paternus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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