Hellescott House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1989. House. 1 related planning application.

Hellescott House

WRENN ID
frozen-stair-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1989
Type
House
Address
Hellescott House, North Petherwin, PL15 8LL
OS grid reference
SX 282 887
Coordinates
50.67272, -4.43138
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hellescott House is a mid-19th century steward's house for the Bedford Estate, now a private residence. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble with a raised plinth and a flat string band at the first floor. The roof is made of rag slate with hipped ends, and there are rendered axial and end stacks. The layout features a central entrance leading to a stair hall, flanked by two reception rooms that have fireplaces on the rear wall. A kitchen is located in a wing to the rear right, heated by an end stack, creating an original 'L' shaped plan. Service rooms are situated in the cellar. In the later 19th century, the house was extended with a wing to the rear left, resulting in a roughly square overall plan.

The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-window front that retains its original windows and glass. A central 19th-century porch with a flat roof features 19th-century doors and 20th-century windows in the side walls. The flanking windows are two 19th-century 12-pane sashes, with three similar sashes above. The garden front also has 19th-century 12-pane sashes, though the glazing bars have been removed from the kitchen window.

Inside, the house is largely complete, featuring original doorcases, cornices, and partitions. The 19th-century staircase has stick balusters and a wreathed and moulded mahogany rail, although the chimney-pieces have been removed.

Local climate

Hellescott House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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