Pighouse to East of Pope's Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1987. Pig house.

Pighouse to East of Pope's Cottages

WRENN ID
western-pavement-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1987
Type
Pig house
Address
Pighouse to East of Pope's Cottages, Blisland
OS grid reference
SX 100 732
Coordinates
50.528, -4.68127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a pig house, now used as a store, located to the east of Pope's Cottages in Blisland. It dates from around 1833 and is likely contemporary with the cottages. The structure is made of stone rubble and features a rag slate roof with gable ends. It has a rectangular, single-cell plan with an entrance positioned to the right of the center. The building is low and single-storey, with a plank door also located to the right of the center. It is situated to the northeast of the village green.

Local climate

Pighouse to East of Pope's Cottages 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 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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