The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1957. Cottage.
The Square
- WRENN ID
- winding-ashlar-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1957
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Square, Grade-Ruan
- OS grid reference
- SW 721 146
- Coordinates
- 49.98814, -5.18017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Square is a cottage dating from around the 18th century, with a large extension added in the 20th century. It features white rendered walls and a thatched roof, with a brick chimney located near the center of the ridge and a rendered square chimney on the right-hand gable end. The original block is situated on the right side. The cottage is one and a half storeys tall and has an asymmetrical front with five window openings. On the ground floor, there are two 20th-century two-light six-pane casement windows flanking a partly glazed 20th-century door. The first floor has three 20th-century two-light six-pane casement windows. The block on the left is two storeys high and also asymmetrical, with four window openings. The ground floor features a central 20th-century three-light nine-pane casement window, while the first floor has two 20th-century three-light six-pane windows and one 20th-century three-pane window. The thatched roof rises where the older one and a half storey section meets the newer two storey part. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Square 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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