Lower Trengrove Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Lower Trengrove Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- veiled-niche-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Trengrove Farmhouse, Menheniot, PL14 3LL
- OS grid reference
- SX 275 662
- Coordinates
- 50.47073, -4.43202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Trengrove Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, which was remodeled in the late 19th century. It features an extension to the south and an outshut added to the rear on the north side. The building is constructed of rubblestone with large base stones on the east side, topped with an asbestos slate roof that has gable ends on the northwest range. The south range has a slightly lower, cement washed scantle slate roof with some early, slightly crested ridge tiles. Rubblestone stacks with moulded granite strings and caps are present on the west gable end and on the west slope of the south range, with a similar stack at the junction of the two wings that has been removed.
The farmhouse has an 'L' shaped plan with a through passage running from the south to the north of the northwest range. The interior plan has been completely altered, with fireplaces blocked and a 19th-century staircase located at the junction of the two wings. The building is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical two-window south front on the northwest range. The door is positioned to the right at the junction of the two wings, featuring a chamfered four-centred granite arch with moulded stops and a 19th-century plank door. To the left are two 20th-century windows, with two similar windows above.
The west front of the south wing is also asymmetrical with three windows. There is a 20th-century window to the left in a partially blocked opening, and a panelled and glazed door to the right beneath a wide slate string. Above this door are a 19th-century three-light casement, a 20th-century window, and a two-light casement without glazing bars. The south wing was extended in the late 19th century. The roof timbers have not been inspected.
Local climate
Lower Trengrove Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% 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 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 2020
- 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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