The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. A Victorian House. 1 related planning application.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- dim-buttress-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- House
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The Old House, St. Breock
- OS grid reference
- SW 978 728
- Coordinates
- 50.52042, -4.8527
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a house dating to around the mid-19th century, potentially with earlier origins. It is constructed from stone rubble, with a slate-hung front, and has a slate roof and brick end stacks. The house follows a double depth plan, with a central entrance leading to two reception rooms on the front elevation, each heated by an end stack. A staircase is located towards the rear of the passage, and service rooms, including a dairy and kitchen, are situated on either side of the rear. The two-storey exterior features a symmetrical, slate-hung front with three windows. A 19th-century six-panel door is flanked by two likely 20th-century two-light casements, with three windows above. Internally, the original partitions and plan remain intact. A 19th-century staircase has stick balusters, and there are 19th-century ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Old House 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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