Penrowan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
Penrowan
- WRENN ID
- gilded-string-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Penrowan, New Road, Forrabury and Minster
- OS grid reference
- SX 098 911
- Coordinates
- 50.68855, -4.69342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Penrowan is a house built in 1887, constructed from slate stone rubble with brick dressings and featuring a slate roof with hipped ends. It has a brick axial stack and is set into the side of a steeply sloping bank, presenting a single-storey elevation to the road and a two-storey elevation on the lower side, with a deep battered base. The design accommodates the challenging site and takes advantage of exceptional views. The entrance, located in the side wall, likely leads directly into a stair hall, with a reception room on the lower side to the right and a service room against the bank on the left.
The house has a regular two-window front elevation on the lower side, characterized by the battered base and brick segmental arches above the openings. There is a single-storey canted bay window on the ground floor featuring three 24-pane sash windows, while the first floor has two 20-pane sash windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Penrowan is part of a group of similar houses that overlook a steep-sided combe leading down to Boscastle Harbour, which includes Valley View, Lewarne, Meachard, Glenfinart, Belmont, and Polqueens.
Local climate
Penrowan 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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