Wall, Gates and Gate Piers North and West of Church of St Thomas by Launceston is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1993. Churchyard wall, gates, gate-piers. 1 related planning application.
Wall, Gates and Gate Piers North and West of Church of St Thomas by Launceston
- WRENN ID
- burning-flint-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1993
- Type
- Churchyard wall, gates, gate-piers
- Address
- Wall, Gates and Gate Piers North and West of Church of St Thomas by Launceston, Riverside
- OS grid reference
- SX 327 850
- Coordinates
- 50.64128, -4.36627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of a churchyard wall, gates, and gate piers located to the north and west of the Church of St Thomas-by-Launceston, built in 1871. The walls are made of slatestone rubble and feature granite copings. There are square granite monolithic gate piers with pyramidal heads flanking a carriage gateway, along with a kissing-gate on the right. Both gates are braced wrought iron and adorned with fleur-de-lis finials. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Wall, Gates and Gate Piers North and West of Church of St Thomas by Launceston 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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