Weigh House at Approx 25m South West of Calenick House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. A 19th century Weigh house.

Weigh House at Approx 25m South West of Calenick House

WRENN ID
scattered-hinge-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1986
Type
Weigh house
Period
19th century
OS grid reference
SW 820 431
Coordinates
50.24831, -5.05823
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The weigh house, located approximately 25 meters southwest of Calenick House, is an iron weighing shed dating from the early 19th century. It features rubble walls and a hipped roof covered with scantle slate, along with a lean-to on the west side and a longer roof extending to the south, which also has a hip at the southern end. The roof is finished with clay ridge tiles.

The building has an overall L-shaped plan and consists of a single cell that is slightly rectangular. It includes a wide doorway on the north and east sides, as well as a smaller doorway on the east that leads to the lean-to addition, which connects to a longer room to the south. The structure is single-storey with simple lintelled openings, and the south range has weatherboarding on the east wall.

Inside, the weigh house retains original pine roof structures and features a heavy weighing beam that spans the middle of the building from east to west. This structure is a simple yet interesting remnant from the period of iron smelting that took place on this site between 1711 and 1891.

Local climate

Weigh House at Approx 25m South West of Calenick House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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