Lantern on Churchyard Wall of Church of St John About 6 Metres East of Lychgate is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Lantern.
Lantern on Churchyard Wall of Church of St John About 6 Metres East of Lychgate
- WRENN ID
- keen-moulding-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Lantern
- OS grid reference
- SX 785 812
- Coordinates
- 50.61833, -3.71879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This lantern, located on the churchyard wall of the Church of St John, dates from the late 19th century. It is made of wrought iron and glass, set on a granite plinth. The plinth features the inscription "Lighten our darkness we beseech thee O Lord," along with the initials J.N.G. and E.G., likely representing James Nutcombe Gould (1849-1899) and Edith Gould (1859-1900), who are buried nearby. The lantern itself has an elaborate Gothic-style iron frame topped with a cross. It is 10-sided, with a shaped top, and eight of the sides are glazed, featuring centerpieces made of bulls-eyes of crown-glass sheets. Originally, the lantern held an oil lamp, but it is now illuminated by electricity.
Local climate
Lantern on Churchyard Wall of Church of St John About 6 Metres East of Lychgate receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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