South East Wing of Trebiffin Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Farmhouse ruins. 4 related planning applications.
South East Wing of Trebiffin Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- open-alcove-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse ruins
- Address
- South East Wing of Trebiffin Farmhouse, Lesnewth, PL35 0BW
- OS grid reference
- SX 122 906
- Coordinates
- 50.68512, -4.65984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The south east wing of Trebiffin Farmhouse is a ruin dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It is constructed of slate stone rubble, and while it originally had gable ends, the roof is now missing. A large stone rubble stack is located on the right-hand gable end. The original layout of the building is uncertain, but it appears to have had a plan that possibly included two rooms and a through passage. The main entrance, situated to the right of the center, leads directly into the right-hand room, which is heated by the gable end stack. There may have been a through passage, with a section of the rear wall opposite the entrance possibly partially rebuilt. The screen on the lower right side of the passage has been removed, and there is a stone rubble cross wall on the left with a blocked door opening. A separate entrance has been added to the left-hand room on the front elevation, and a straight joint on the left may indicate that the left-hand room was enlarged.
The building was originally two storeys with a low first floor. The door opening on the left has a wooden frame, while the right of center features a granite four-centred arch with chamfer and diagonal stops. There are remains of a window opening to the right and a row of pigeon holes in the left-hand gable end.
Inside, the right-hand room contains a large granite fireplace with a hollow chamfered lintel, ogee stops, and hollow chamfered jambs, along with a cloam oven. There are remains of a fireplace in the solar above, which has an unmoulded granite lintel. A probable later rear wing, now known as Trebiffin Farmhouse, was restored in the late 20th century and is not included in this listing. An interesting one-light stone window may have been reset in an outbuilding to the southwest.
Local climate
South East Wing of Trebiffin Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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