Capstan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Capstan.
Capstan
- WRENN ID
- tangled-pediment-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Capstan
- Address
- Capstan, Penberth Cove, St. Levan
- OS grid reference
- SW 402 227
- Coordinates
- 50.04763, -5.62963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Capstan is a capstan winch used for hauling fishing boats up the beach, dating from the mid to late 19th century. It may be a replacement or remodelling of an older structure. The walls are made of coursed granite rubble, with some dressed granite, including a reused 17th-century chamfered stone that serves as a bearing stone. The capstan is predominantly wooden, featuring an iron fastening, with the top bearing supported by a long beam carried on two granite piers. These piers are the only remnants of what were likely more complete enclosure walls. The capstan itself is in good condition and complete, and it was operated by eight men.
Local climate
Capstan 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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