The Kiddlewinck and the Dolphin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1957. Cottage pair.
The Kiddlewinck and the Dolphin
- WRENN ID
- iron-wicket-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1957
- Type
- Cottage pair
- Address
- The Kiddlewinck and the Dolphin, Grade-Ruan
- OS grid reference
- SW 721 145
- Coordinates
- 49.98742, -5.18008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kiddlewinck and The Dolphin are a pair of cottages dating from the 17th century. They feature serpentine exposed rubble walls with timber lintels above the openings. The Kiddlewink has plastered cob around its dormer window, while both cottages have slate roofs below the dormers. The Dolphin has a thatched roof with a rendered chimney at the front and brick stacks in the gables.
The cottages are 1 and a half storeys tall, with a six-window range and a central doorway for each cottage, both of which are topped with gabled porches. The Kiddlewink has horizontal sliding sash windows, while The Dolphin features 2-light casements. Each cottage has one attic casement set back in the thatch above the eaves. There is a central lateral stack on the front with a rendered shaft, and the south-east gable of The Dolphin rises to two and a half storeys, featuring 20th-century double timber doors leading to the cellars, which were previously used for the fishing industry and have a cobbled floor with large drains.
At the rear, there is a later extension with a slate outshut to the basement. Inside The Dolphin, there is a large exposed fireplace on the right-hand side with a large timber chamfered lintel that has step stops, and a cloam oven on the right. The ground floor features simple panelled screens and timber pegs in the base of the rafters, although the roof is not accessible. The interior of The Kiddlewink has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Kiddlewinck and the Dolphin receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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