Pelyn Tor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.

Pelyn Tor

WRENN ID
ghost-zinc-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
House
Address
Pelyn Tor, Lanlivery, PL22 0JF
OS grid reference
SX 086 591
Coordinates
50.40139, -4.69427
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pelyn Tor is a house built around 1800 to 1830, incorporating some earlier materials and featuring 20th-century alterations. The front is made of granite ashlar, while the sides and rear are constructed from rubble, topped with a slate roof that has gable ends and gable end stacks with shaped tops. The roof has an unequal pitch.

The house has a double depth plan, with a central entrance hall leading to a staircase at the rear. There are two main rooms at the front and two shallow service rooms behind, both of which were previously heated. It is two storeys high on a plinth, with a symmetrical front that includes three windows, all of which are replacement 12-pane sashes. The entrance features a wedge-shaped central 20th-century panelled door with a three-pane overlight. The left side has a single-storey 20th-century rubble lean-to, while the right side has no windows. The rear includes two-light casements on both the ground and first floors, with a central two-light casement lighting the staircase and an off-centre door to the left with a granite lintel.

Inside, there are five-panelled doors leading to the front rooms on the right and left, with the room on the right also having a similar cupboard door next to the chimneypiece. A narrow service room at the rear left also features a five-panelled door. The service room at the rear right has a fireplace with a granite lintel and jamb, along with a cloam oven and a remaining potjack. On the first floor, all rooms have five-panelled doors. The roof is said to contain timbers that were reused from an earlier house that was formerly located at the rear.

Local climate

Pelyn Tor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow 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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