Porthmissen Farmhouse and Garden Walls to Front is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Porthmissen Farmhouse and Garden Walls to Front
- WRENN ID
- keen-buttress-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Porthmissen Farmhouse and Garden Walls to Front, Padstow
- OS grid reference
- SW 894 761
- Coordinates
- 50.54721, -4.97383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Porthmissen Farmhouse and the garden walls to the front were likely built in the 18th century and extended in the early 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of stone rubble, with slate hung on the front and side elevations, featuring rag slates. It has a steeply pitched slate roof with gable ends on the front range and a double gable end at the rear, along with brick end stacks.
The original plan of the farmhouse is uncertain, but the current layout is a double depth plan with a central entrance. The two main rooms at the front are heated by end stacks, with a staircase located at the rear of the passage. The kitchen is situated in a wing at the rear left, also heated by an end stack, while a parallel wing to the rear right contains the dairy. A straight joint on the rear and right-hand side elevations suggests that the right-hand wing, which housed the dairy, is likely an early 19th-century extension.
The exterior features two storeys and an attic, with a symmetrical three-window front. There is a central 19th-century gabled stone rubble porch flanked by two six-pane horned sash windows, and three additional six-pane horned sash windows on the first floor. The rear elevation remains unaltered, showcasing a stair window near the center and a line of pigeon holes above the dairy on the left.
The garden wall in front of the house, dating from around the 19th century, is made of stone rubble and includes gate piers. It encloses the garden and rises to the right and left, screening the farmyard to the right.
Local climate
Porthmissen Farmhouse and Garden Walls to Front sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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