Glenfinart is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. House.
Glenfinart
- WRENN ID
- shifting-vault-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Glenfinart, New Road, Forrabury and Minster
- OS grid reference
- SX 098 911
- Coordinates
- 50.68876, -4.69343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Glenfinart is a house built in 1887, constructed from slate stone rubble with brick dressings and topped with a slate roof featuring hipped ends. It has a brick axial stack and is situated on the side of a steeply sloping bank, resulting in a single-storey elevation facing the road and a two-storey elevation on the lower side, which includes a deep battered base. The design effectively accommodates the challenging site and maximizes the exceptional views.
The entrance is located in the side wall, likely leading into a wide passage with a staircase against the bank on the left and two reception rooms on the lower side to the right, both heated by back-to-back fireplaces. A service room is probably located at the rear of the staircase against the bank on the left.
The house features a two-storey, four-window front elevation on the lower side with a battered base. There is a two-storey canted bay projection on the left with three sash windows. To the right, there are two 20-pane sashes on the ground floor and a double sash on the first floor. The left side elevation includes a flight of stone rubble steps with iron railings leading down from the road to the entrance.
Although the interior has not been inspected, Glenfinart is part of a group of similar houses that overlook a steep-sided combe leading down to Boscastle Harbour, alongside Valley View, Lewarne, Meachard, Penrowan, Belmont, and Polqueens.
Local climate
Glenfinart sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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