Lych Gate and Mounting Block South West of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Lych gate.

Lych Gate and Mounting Block South West of Church of St Maddern

WRENN ID
iron-rubble-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Type
Lych gate
Address
Lych Gate and Mounting Block South West of Church of St Maddern, Madron
OS grid reference
SW 453 317
Coordinates
50.13135, -5.56499
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lych gate and mounting block, located southwest of the Church of St Maddern in Madron, was built around 1903 as a war memorial for those who died in the Boer War (1899-1902). It features granite ashlar side walls and dressed granite steps, with an oak roof structure that has open gable ends supported by paired shaped oak corbels. The roof is covered with dry slate. The lych gate has a rectangular-plan stile with steps at the front, and the mounting block is situated to the right, with straight side walls that support the roof. The roof structure includes two trusses with tie beams and crown posts, which are enhanced by arched bracing.

Local climate

Lych Gate and Mounting Block South West of Church of St Maddern sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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