Porthpean Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1974. A C19 Cottage.
Porthpean Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- far-timber-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Porthpean Farmhouse, St. Austell Bay
- OS grid reference
- SX 028 506
- Coordinates
- 50.32235, -4.77096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Porthpean Farmhouse is an early 19th-century cottage located in Higher Porthpean. The building features pebble-dash exterior and has two storeys. It includes three sash windows with flat architraves and glazing bars, as well as a glazed door. The roof is slate with gable ends, and there is a lean-to at the rear. This farmhouse is included in the listing for its group value, as it contributes to the character of the village group formed by all the listed buildings in Higher Porthpean.
Local climate
Porthpean Farmhouse receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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