Churchtown Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. House.

Churchtown Cottages

WRENN ID
ancient-mortar-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1987
Type
House
Address
Churchtown Cottages, 1 and 2, Linkinhorne
OS grid reference
SX 318 735
Coordinates
50.53735, -4.37369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Churchtown Cottages is a pair of attached houses built in the late 18th century, with 19th century and later alterations. The cottages are constructed from slatestone rubble, with the upper level at the front being slate-hung. They feature a slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends, along with gable end stacks. The design includes a one-room plan for each house, with each room heated by a gable end stack. There is a single storey lean-to attached to the left side.

The exterior consists of two storeys and a three-window range, with all windows being 12-pane sashes that include margin glazing. On the left, there is a plain door with a pitched slate hood and a 6-pane casement window. To the right, there is a 20th century brick porch and a 2-light casement window. The left end features a single storey lean-to with a 2-light casement window that has a brick head, and a 6-pane light is located to the front of the lean-to. Inside the lean-to, there is an external stack with a curved oven at the base, and two granite piers are incorporated into the end wall. The right end of the building is slate-hung at the upper level.

At the rear, there are two 2-light casements on the first floor, a plain door to the left, and a small 2-light casement set under a flat stone arch. Off-centre to the right is a 2-light 8-pane casement, and at the far right end is a panelled 19th century door with an overlight and timber lintel. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Churchtown Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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