West Venton is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. Farmhouse.

West Venton

WRENN ID
dusk-doorway-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
West Venton, North Tamerton
OS grid reference
SX 313 990
Coordinates
50.76644, -4.39273
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

West Venton is a small farmhouse dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of plastered cob and stone rubble, topped with a corrugated asbestos sheet roof featuring gabled ends, a hipped angle, and raised eaves. The building has chimney stacks at both gable ends; the southeast stack is made of stone rubble and heightened with red brick, while the southwest stack is truncated and also heightened in brick. The farmhouse has an L-shaped plan with two cells by one, standing two storeys tall and featuring a one-by-one window range. The doorway is centrally located in the west range, accompanied by a lean-to porch in the angle. At the rear of the west range, there is a small single-storey outshut.

Inside, both wings have roofs with collars that are halved and pegged into the principals, supported by through purlins. The southwest wing includes slightly chamfered ceiling beams and a fireplace with granite jambs and a chamfered cambered wooden lintel. The southeast wing features a fireplace with a stopped chamfer lintel and stone rubble jambs.

Local climate

West Venton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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