Lychgate to West of Church of St Merteriana is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Lychgate.
Lychgate to West of Church of St Merteriana
- WRENN ID
- tenth-lead-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Lychgate
- Address
- Lychgate to West of Church of St Merteriana, Forrabury and Minster
- OS grid reference
- SX 109 904
- Coordinates
- 50.68323, -4.67699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lychgate to the west of the Church of St Merteriana is a structure dating from around 1870, likely built during the restoration of the church by J P St Aubyn. Constructed from slate-stone rubble with reused granite dressings, this unroofed lychgate serves as the southwest entrance to the churchyard. It features two gabled side walls with reused granite coping. A carved spandrel, probably taken from the church, has been reset in the left-hand wall, and there is a reused granite cap at the apex of the right-hand wall. The entrance is divided in the center by a slate-rubble pier with a flat top that acts as a coffin rest. A granite cattle grid and a central slate slab create a stile between the coffin rest and the right-hand wall, while a timber gate is positioned between the coffin rest and the left-hand wall.
Local climate
Lychgate to West of Church of St Merteriana sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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