The East Round House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1967. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.
The East Round House
- WRENN ID
- slow-string-swallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1967
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The East Round House, Veryan, TR2 5QL
- OS grid reference
- SW 915 394
- Coordinates
- 50.2179, -4.9238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The East Round House is a round cottage dating to circa 1820. It is constructed of painted rubble and cob, with a conical thatched roof. The building has a single-room plan and two storeys. An arched entrance is located on the south side, featuring an original Gothick tympanum that is now partly blocked, and incorporating a 20th-century casement window with glazing bars. Original arched window openings with stone studded borders are present on the west side, while an old casement window is situated on the rear first floor. A bobbin-turned cross finial adorns the roof. The interior remains unexamined. It is one of five round houses built in Veryan by Hugh Rowe, a Lostwithiel builder, for the Reverend Jeremiah Trist, with the popular story suggesting one was intended for each of his five daughters. The round plan is traditionally said to have been intended to deter the Devil, but a more likely explanation is the economical use of materials.
Local climate
The East Round House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% 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 0.2°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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