Stile, Lychgate and Churchyard Wall to Church of St Nectan is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1989. Churchyard wall, lych gate, stile.
Stile, Lychgate and Churchyard Wall to Church of St Nectan
- WRENN ID
- final-landing-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1989
- Type
- Churchyard wall, lych gate, stile
- Address
- Stile, Lychgate and Churchyard Wall to Church of St Nectan, Hartland
- OS grid reference
- SS 235 246
- Coordinates
- 50.99446, -4.51567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stile, lych gate, and churchyard wall at the Church of St Nectan date from the 16th or 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The wall is constructed of rubble stone, featuring coping with sloping sides and a flat top. An exceptionally wide stile located to the east is likely contemporary with the wall, consisting of five steps up and two steps down, topped with a large single granite divider. Adjacent to the stile is the lych gate, which has a rectangular plan and is primarily from the 19th century, although it may incorporate earlier elements. The lych gate has a gabled slate roof and a swivel gate with a central spindle and counterweight. The gate's wooden leaves are adorned with Gothick arcading and splat balusters. Short sections of coped wall flank the gate.
To the south, the wall begins with slight remnants of a building, possibly the sexton's cottage, followed by a section of wall that has been robbed of its coping. This is succeeded by a long stretch of coped wall that includes a small stile near the 19th-century south gate, curving around to the west of the tower where two additional small stiles are located. On the north side, a once-continuous coped wall runs the length of the churchyard but has a break of about 50 meters where the burial ground has been extended. In this area, rubble and coping stones have been repurposed for the west and east return walls of the extension. The old coped wall continues, with one more short gap providing access to another extension of the burial ground, leading to the north-eastern corner where another wide stile is situated between coped check-walls. This stile is accessed from the lane to the east via a flight of four steps followed by another of twelve, all featuring slate treads and a long granite divider. There is no wall on the east boundary until reaching the main stile and lych gate at the south-eastern corner. With the noted exceptions, this large churchyard is enclosed by a well-constructed wall of a single main build.
Local climate
Stile, Lychgate and Churchyard Wall to Church of St Nectan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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