Churchyard Walls, Gateways and Gates of Church of St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A C18 Boundary wall.
Churchyard Walls, Gateways and Gates of Church of St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- sacred-arch-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Churchyard Walls, Gateways and Gates of Church of St Stephen, St Stephen's Hill, Launceston
- OS grid reference
- SX 324 857
- Coordinates
- 50.64684, -4.37125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard walls, gateways, and gates of the Church of St Stephen in Launceston are likely from the 18th century, with the gate-piers and gates dating from the mid to late 19th century. The walls are constructed from slatestone and granite rubble, while the gate-piers are made of dressed granite. The west gateway features large square terminal piers with moulded bases, stepped pyramidal caps, and low granite-coped walls. It also has ramped iron railings flanking smaller gate-piers that support a pair of cross-braced gates with a ramped top rail. The south gateway includes a tall iron gate set between smaller fence jambs, topped with an intricate scrolled panel.
Local climate
Churchyard Walls, Gateways and Gates of Church of St Stephen 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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