Polhaven is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1964. House.

Polhaven

WRENN ID
scattered-footing-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 August 1964
Type
House
Address
Polhaven, Lansallos Street, Polperro
OS grid reference
SX 208 509
Coordinates
50.33123, -4.5191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Polhaven is a house that possibly dates from the early 18th century and was partly remodeled in the mid-19th century. It is constructed from rendered stone rubble and features a slate roof with gable ends, and the eaves have been raised. The layout consists of a single room plan with a through passage to the right and a later one-room wing at the rear. The building has three storeys and an asymmetrical front with a single window. The ground floor includes an early 20th-century cross window on the left and steps leading down to the passage on the right. On the first floor, there is a 20th-century two-light casement window with another 20th-century window above it. Inside, the house features 19th-century joinery. The passage has slate flagging and heavy chamfered ceiling beams. On the east side of the passage, there is a timber plank and muntin screen with a possibly slightly moulded sole plate. On the west side, there is a horizontal planked timber screen with a panelled door leading into the front room.

Local climate

Polhaven sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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