Lower Penmellyn is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. House.

Lower Penmellyn

WRENN ID
tattered-zinc-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 May 1988
Type
House
Address
Lower Penmellyn, New Road, St. Columb Major
OS grid reference
SW 914 638
Coordinates
50.43747, -4.93853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Penmellyn is a house built around the mid-19th century, with few later alterations. It is constructed of squared granite rubble and features a hipped slate roof with ridge tiles and deep eaves, along with a stack at the rear left. The house has a two-room plan, with a central entrance and rooms of equal size on either side. There is a 20th-century rear wing.

The exterior is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window front. All windows are 19th-century, featuring 2-light, 3-pane casements with stone voussoirs at the ground floor. The central doorway is pointed arched, with recessed double doors that have pointed arched panels. There is also a 19th-century gabled and glazed conservatory porch.

On the right side, there is a 19th-century 4-pane sash window at the ground floor with a brick cambered arch, and a 16-pane sash window with Gothic glazing and a brick cambered arch on the first floor. The left side is built over a cellar and has a 12-pane sash window at the ground floor and a 4-pane sash at the first floor, both featuring flat brick arches. The 20th-century two-storey wing is located at the rear right. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Lower Penmellyn receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 9 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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