Man-O-War Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1970. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Man-O-War Cottage

WRENN ID
endless-cinder-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1970
Type
Cottage
Address
Man-O-War Cottage, Grade-Ruan, TR12 7JU
OS grid reference
SW 722 145
Coordinates
49.98772, -5.17855
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Man-O-War Cottage is likely a late 18th-century farmhouse, originally comprising two cottages now combined into one. It is constructed of rubble stone with a slate roof featuring gabled ends. Brick stacks are situated at the gable ends. The front of the cottage is symmetrical with a two-window arrangement. The ground floor has two two-light casement windows with glazing bars. Directly above are two 12-pane horizontal sliding sash windows. Entrances are located at the rear of each gable end. A small extension has been added at the rear. The interior features simple 18th-century panelling on the first floor and to the staircase. Outbuildings are located to the south-east, built with rubble stone and a low-pitched slate roof, which is now in a decayed condition, with five large vertical slates forming a lateral division. Note that the window on the right-hand side of the upper floor has been altered since the original photograph was taken and is now a two-light casement with glazing bars.

Local climate

Man-O-War Cottage receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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