Building, Possibly Tack House, at Rear of Stable South West of Higher Porthmeor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Possibly tack house.

Building, Possibly Tack House, at Rear of Stable South West of Higher Porthmeor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
forbidden-gallery-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Type
Possibly tack house
Address
Building, Possibly Tack House, at Rear of Stable South West of Higher Porthmeor Farmhouse, Zennor
OS grid reference
SW 432 371
Coordinates
50.17899, -5.59778
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, possibly a tack house, dates from around the mid-19th century and is located at the rear of the stable southwest of Higher Porthmeor Farmhouse. It features granite rubble walls with granite dressings and a scantle slate roof with gable ends. The structure has a small single-cell plan with an entrance in the middle of the front (east) side. It is a single-storey building, with a central doorway and two small windows at the rear, one of which is blocked. This building is part of an unspoiled coastal hamlet situated within the ancient field system of this area in Cornwall.

Local climate

Building, Possibly Tack House, at Rear of Stable South West of Higher Porthmeor Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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