Hawker's Hut is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A C19 Hut. 1 related planning application.
Hawker's Hut
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-bonework-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Hut
- Address
- Hawker's Hut, Morwenstow
- OS grid reference
- SS 198 150
- Coordinates
- 50.90699, -4.56326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hawker's Hut is a small rectangular hut built in the 1840s, with some repairs made in the 20th century. It was designed by the Reverend R S Hawker for his personal use. The hut is situated against a cliff, overlooking the sea. Inside, it features a slate floor and fixed timber seats. The roof is covered in turf and has two wooden boards across the eaves above the stable door, which is made of five planks and has wood latches and iron strap hinges. There are vertical planks on each side of the exposed stiles. The hut was constructed using timbers salvaged from the wreck of the 'Alonzo'. R S Hawker, who was a poet and antiquary, used this hut for composing verse and reflection during his time as vicar of Morwenstow from 1835 to 1874.
Local climate
Hawker's Hut sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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 — 1 application
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