Cartshed at Approximately 50 Metres East of Penrose Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Cartshed.

Cartshed at Approximately 50 Metres East of Penrose Farmhouse

WRENN ID
solitary-rotunda-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1988
Type
Cartshed
OS grid reference
SW 377 255
Coordinates
50.07198, -5.66683
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cartshed located approximately 50 metres east of Penrose Farmhouse, dating from the late 19th century. The structure features granite rubble walls with granite dressings and a dry Delabole slate hipped roof. It has a rectangular plan that is three bays long, with the north-west side open and supported by two square-on-plan piers. The exterior is a single storey with a three-bay open front, where the wall plate is held up by granite monolithic piers. Inside, there are rubble walls and the original roof structure remains intact.

Local climate

Cartshed at Approximately 50 Metres East of Penrose Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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