Row of 3 Cottages About 25 Metres South East of the Morwenstow Methodist Chapel and Outbuilding Adjoining at East is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Cottages, outbuilding. 2 related planning applications.

Row of 3 Cottages About 25 Metres South East of the Morwenstow Methodist Chapel and Outbuilding Adjoining at East

WRENN ID
steep-glass-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottages, outbuilding
OS grid reference
SS 227 148
Coordinates
50.90552, -4.52222
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This row of three cottages, located about 25 metres southeast of the Morwenstow Methodist Chapel, dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century. The cottages are constructed from plastered whitewashed stone and feature thatched roofs, with brick chimneys. The outbuilding to the east has a slate roof. The cottages have a single depth plan, with a rear addition to the cottage next to the outbuilding.

Each cottage is two storeys tall and there are four windows along the first floor. The cottage next to the outbuilding has one window and an off-centre storm porch with stone rubble side walls and a sloping slate roof, along with pitched stone in front. The ground floor window to the right is a two-light 19th-century casement with six panes per light, while the first-floor window is a two-light 20th-century casement with two panes per light, both featuring slate sills.

The middle cottage has a symmetrical two-window front with a large 18th or 19th-century hornless sash window on the first floor, which has six panes per sash and is positioned high under the raised eaves. Its porch has a hipped roof supported by timber posts, a six-panel front door, and top panels with 16-pane early 19th-century sash windows.

The cottage at the eastern end has a one-window front and a gabled brick porch with bargeboarding, along with a two-plank front door. The ground floor window on the left is a four-pane 20th-century sash, and the right window is a two-light 19th-century casement with six panes per light. The first-floor window features a 12-pane hornless timber sash.

The adjoining outbuilding has a hipped projection to the front right and a 20th-century lean-to. It includes four openings in the loft and a cart entrance in front of the hipped projection. The outbuilding is included for its group value with the cottages. The interiors of the cottages have not been inspected.

Local climate

Row of 3 Cottages About 25 Metres South East of the Morwenstow Methodist Chapel and Outbuilding Adjoining at East 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
  • 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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