Lychgate 15 Metres to South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Lychgate.

Lychgate 15 Metres to South of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
waiting-loft-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 July 1987
Type
Lychgate
OS grid reference
SX 130 902
Coordinates
50.6821, -4.64747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a lychgate, possibly from the 18th century, located 15 meters south of the Church of St Michael in Lesnewth. It is constructed from slate stone rubble and serves as the south entrance to the churchyard, cutting through the thick stone hedge that borders the church. The two side walls of the lychgate include benches, and the entrance is divided in the center by a low slate rubble pier with a flat slate top that acts as a coffin rest. There are slate cattle grids positioned between the central coffin rest and the side walls. The lychgate is set in a particularly picturesque location.

Local climate

Lychgate 15 Metres to South of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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