Carwen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1987. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
Carwen
- WRENN ID
- shifting-floor-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1987
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Carwen, Blisland, PL30 4JJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 110 738
- Coordinates
- 50.534, -4.6678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, built around the mid-18th century and extended in 1828, as indicated by a datestone. It is constructed of stone rubble with granite quoins. The roofs are slate, with gable ends to the main range, a gable end to the rear wing, and a hipped end where the rear wing meets the main range. Brick stacks are present, including a projecting stone rubble stack with a brick shaft to the rear wing.
The original plan likely consisted of a single room facing east, with an entrance to the left of centre and a heating stack on the right (north). In 1828, the house was extended, potentially as a separate dwelling, creating a double-depth plan. This extension was added to the left (south) end of the original house, forming an overall ‘T’ shape. A later range faces south, featuring a central entrance into a passage, two reception rooms on the front, heated by end stacks, a kitchen in the rear right (northeast), and a dairy in the rear left (northwest).
The 1828 range has a symmetrical three-window south front. Late 20th-century sash windows are set within dressed stone arches. The ground floor features two 16-pane sashes and a central 19th-century six-panel door. Above are three 16-pane sashes. A datestone to the right of centre reads 'RD 1828'. A lean-to addition projects from the right-hand gable end. The rear wing includes an early 19th-century two-light casement window.
The interior remains largely complete, with roughly moulded granite lintels above the fireplaces. A 19th-century dog-leg staircase features stick balusters.
Local climate
Carwen 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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