Pair of Small Shelters of Uncertain Purpose 150 Metres to East of Summit of Butter's Tor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1987. Shelter.
Pair of Small Shelters of Uncertain Purpose 150 Metres to East of Summit of Butter's Tor
- WRENN ID
- small-doorway-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1987
- Type
- Shelter
- OS grid reference
- SX 156 783
- Coordinates
- 50.57552, -4.60475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of small shelters of uncertain purpose, located 150 metres east of the summit of Butter's Tor. They date from around the 19th century or earlier and are constructed from granite rubble. The shelters have an overall roughly circular plan with a central dividing wall that creates two semi-circular cells. There are two low entrances at the front. They are built into the side of a steeply sloping bank that rises up to Butter's Tor, which stands at 1,038 feet to the west. The exterior features a low profile with two rectangular openings serving as entrances. The roof is roughly constructed from corbelled granite rubble, and the interior has an earth floor. It is possible that these structures were used as goose houses and were associated with a now-derelict farm to the south.
Local climate
Pair of Small Shelters of Uncertain Purpose 150 Metres to East of Summit of Butter's Tor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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