Galowras Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Galowras Mill
- WRENN ID
- old-slate-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Galowras Mill, St. Goran, PL26 6PU
- OS grid reference
- SX 004 436
- Coordinates
- 50.25878, -4.80041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A farmhouse, later adapted for residential use, dating from the 17th century, with alterations in the 19th century and later. The building is constructed of slatestone rubble, and has a scantle slate roof with a gable end on the left and a hipped end on the right, featuring ridge tiles. Chimneys are present: a gable-end stack to the left, and a front lateral stack to the right, both with rubble shafts and shaped tops.
The original layout was based on a two-room plan with an entrance to a central passage. The lower end room, on the left, is heated by the gable-end stack. The hall on the right includes a projecting bay which extends beyond the front facade, creating a larger room heated by the lateral stack; this end of the building appears to have been raised. A single-storey, unheated service wing is attached to the rear of the lower end room.
The external appearance is of two storeys and an asymmetrical three-window front. A 20th-century plank door is on the right, alongside a 20th-century two-light casement window with a timber lintel on the left, both at ground floor level. First floor windows include a 20th-century two-light casement with a timber lintel to the left, and a late 18th-century four-pane sash with a timber lintel. The projecting bay on the right features late 19th-century four-pane sashes on both the ground and first floors. The left end of the building has a large external stack with an oven at its base, while the right end is blank. A doorway with a plank door is located at the rear, likely leading to the passage. The single-storey service wing has a 20th-century plank door and two-light casement window on the inner side, with a blind gable end and a small window opening on the outer side. The rear of the main range is blank.
The interior is inaccessible, but may retain original 17th-century features such as beams.
Local climate
Galowras Mill receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- 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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