Traphouse, Barn and Implement Shed to South West of Torvilla Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1982. Barn, shed.

Traphouse, Barn and Implement Shed to South West of Torvilla Farmhouse

WRENN ID
dusk-facade-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1982
Type
Barn, shed
Address
Traphouse, Barn and Implement Shed to South West of Torvilla Farmhouse, Longlands Lane, Saltash
OS grid reference
SX 409 583
Coordinates
50.40364, -4.23945
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The traphouse, barn, and implement shed located to the south-west of Torvilla Farmhouse date from the mid-19th century. The building is two storeys high and constructed of rubble with a scantle slate roof. It features an 'L' shaped plan, with wide entries; the ground floor has been converted into a cowshed. The traphouse is an angled extension to the east of the barn, which includes a wide segmental arch on the ground floor and a window above it. There are steps leading to the upper floor on the return side. The implement shed, known as the Linhay, consists of four bays to the west and is supported by granite posts; it is only one storey high.

Local climate

Traphouse, Barn and Implement Shed to South West of Torvilla Farmhouse 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 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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