Head O'Ditch is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. A C18 House.
Head O'Ditch
- WRENN ID
- noble-pedestal-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Head O'Ditch, Talland Hill, Polperro
- OS grid reference
- SX 209 510
- Coordinates
- 50.33251, -4.51664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Head O'Ditch is a house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of painted and rendered stone rubble and has an asbestos slate roof with gable ends. There is a stone rubble axial chimney stack located to the left of the center and a projecting stone rubble chimney stack on the right-hand gable end. The original plan has been altered, but it likely consisted of three rooms with a cross passage and an axial hall chimney stack backing onto the cross passage. The house was extended in the 20th century on the lower left-hand gable end, and there is a small outshut extension to the rear from the late 19th century.
The building is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical four-window front. On the ground floor, there are two 2-light 19th-century casements with glazing bars, along with a 20th-century 2-light casement to the right, which may occupy the position of the original entrance. To the right, there is a timber porch with an asbestos lean-to roof and a 2-light casement adjacent. On the upper floor, there are four 2-light casements. The extension on the left-hand gable end is a 20th-century addition and is not included in the listing. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Head O'Ditch sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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