Trefuge Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn and Stable is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1989. Farmhouse, barn, stable. 5 related planning applications.
Trefuge Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn and Stable
- WRENN ID
- muted-chamber-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1989
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn, stable
- Address
- Trefuge Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn and Stable, PL15 7NB
- OS grid reference
- SX 287 772
- Coordinates
- 50.56987, -4.41955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Trefuge Farmhouse, together with an adjoining barn and stable, dates probably to the 18th century, with the farmbuildings constructed in the early 19th century. The building is made of stone rubble with slate roofing, except for the lower section of the stables, which has a corrugated asbestos roof.
The farmhouse was originally planned with a double depth, featuring an entrance to the left of centre, a kitchen-hall to the right, and a parlour to the left, each heated by end stacks. An outshut originally extended across the rear of the house, likely containing a dairy and kitchen. In the later 19th century, this outshut was raised to two storeys, increasing the height of the house.
To the left of the farmhouse is a rectangular barn with shippons (animal shelters) on the ground floor and a threshing floor above. Behind the barn is an overshot waterwheel within a deep pit, with an outshut positioned above, containing the remains of mill machinery and a pair of millstones. Attached to the right, at a higher level, is a rectangular stable with a loft above.
The front elevation is asymmetrical, with the farmhouse centrally located, the barn to the left, and the stable to the right. The farmhouse entrance has a 19th-century six-panel door within a small porch with a flat roof. A 19th-century two-light casement window is situated to the left, and 20th-century three-light windows are present to the right, each with a dressed stone arch. There are three late 19th or 20th-century four-pane sash windows on the first floor. The stable has no openings on its front wall. The barn exhibits shippon doors on the ground floor and a threshing door with a hood on the upper level. A granite staircase on the rear leads to a threshing door.
The outshut behind the barn contains the remains of an overshot waterwheel in a pit below ground level. Above the pit is a hurst frame containing remnants of mill machinery, and a pair of millstones. The interior of the farmhouse itself was not inspected.
Local climate
Trefuge Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn and Stable 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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