Earth Closet at Approximately 3 Metres North of Clowance Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Earth closet.

Earth Closet at Approximately 3 Metres North of Clowance Farmhouse

WRENN ID
western-beam-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1987
Type
Earth closet
OS grid reference
SW 637 348
Coordinates
50.16663, -5.30973
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a detached earth closet located approximately 3 metres north of Clowance Farmhouse, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It features a granite ashlar front, with the rest constructed of rubble. The roof is made of scantle slate with gable ends and red clay ridge tiles. The structure has a small single-cell square plan, with a doorway positioned at the east gable end. The east front includes a central doorway that rises slightly into the gable, and above this doorway is a granite lintel with a rectangular recessed panel. The interior fittings have been removed, but the building remains structurally intact.

Local climate

Earth Closet at Approximately 3 Metres North of Clowance Farmhouse receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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 0.3°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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