Chubb's House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1951. Town house.
Chubb's House
- WRENN ID
- endless-rafter-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1951
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- Chubb's House, 4, the Bay, Looe
- OS grid reference
- SX 255 531
- Coordinates
- 50.35238, -4.45344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chubb's House is a town house located in East Looe, originally built over what is likely a fish cellar and later used as a slaughterhouse. The property dates back to a deed from 1696 for Henry Chubb. It features painted rubble walls and a steep dry slate roof, which includes a full-width 20th-century slate-hung dormer window. A distinctive original hand-made clay ridge tile on the right depicts a figure, said to be the devil, on horseback. The house has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys high with a slightly irregular two-window range. The windows are 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The central doorway is located under a landing and is accessed through a 20th-century glazed lean-to porch made of painted rubble, which includes a staircase with slate treads. Inside, there are said to be 20th-century alterations. The ridge tile is similar to those found on Islander Cottage and the Jolly Sailor, both in West Looe. The house is included for its group value.
Local climate
Chubb's House 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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