Bank Barn at Lanwithan Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Barn, watermill.

Bank Barn at Lanwithan Farm

WRENN ID
weathered-loggia-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
Barn, watermill
Address
Bank Barn at Lanwithan Farm, Lanwithan Road, Lostwithiel
OS grid reference
SX 109 594
Coordinates
50.40442, -4.66233
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bank barn at Lanwithan Farm, dating from the mid-19th century, features a combination of watermill and barn functions. It is constructed from random slatestone and granite rubble, with granite dressings, and has a hipped slate roof with ridge coping tiles. The barn has entrances at ground level on the front side, while access to the upper storey is available from the higher ground at the rear. A launder runs underneath the barn, connecting the front and rear, and includes an open bay that houses the wheel, with the gearing machinery located in the left end bay.

The structure is two storeys high; the left bay contains a double doorway and a window at ground level, with a granite band course above, and large and small loading doors situated above. The wheel bay on the right is open to the front and rear up to the eaves height and features a wheel that is approximately 15 feet in diameter, equipped with wooden paddles and cast iron spokes. To the right, there are four doors and one window with a granite cill, along with three small and one large loading door above. At the rear, the right end bay has one door and one window, with additional doors providing access to the loft in the other bays. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Bank Barn at Lanwithan Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 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 0.2°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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