Chy-Men is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. House.
Chy-Men
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-latch-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chy-Men, Fore Street, Forrabury and Minster
- OS grid reference
- SX 099 907
- Coordinates
- 50.68536, -4.69169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chy-men is a house and shop that has been converted into one residence, dating from around the mid 19th century. It is constructed of slate-stone rubble and features a slate roof with a hipped end at the front and a lower range on the left with gable ends. The right range has a double depth plan with a central entrance and includes two reception rooms at the front, likely with two smaller service rooms at the rear. The left range was previously a shop with a single depth plan and an entrance on the right.
The building stands two storeys high. The right-hand range has a symmetrical two-window front, with brick segmental arches over the openings and complete 19th-century fenestration. It features a partly glazed 20th-century door and 12-pane sash windows on both the ground and first floors. The left range includes a bay window on the left, a part-glazed 20th-century door to the right, and a sash window on the first floor. The exterior remains unaltered in the picturesque village of Boscastle. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Chy-Men 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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