Polqueens is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. House. 6 related planning applications.
Polqueens
- WRENN ID
- little-ledge-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Polqueens, New Road, Forrabury and Minster, PL35 0AD
- OS grid reference
- SX 098 910
- Coordinates
- 50.68816, -4.69338
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Polqueens is a house built in 1887, constructed from slate stone rubble with brick dressings and featuring a slate roof with hipped ends. It has a brick axial stack and is situated on the side of a steeply sloping bank, resulting in a single-storey elevation facing the road and a two-storey elevation on the lower side, which has a deep battered base. The design effectively accommodates the challenging site and offers exceptional views. The entrance, located in the side wall, likely leads directly into a stair hall, with a reception room on the lower side to the right and service areas against the bank to the left.
The house has a two-storey, two-window front elevation on the lower side, with a battered base and brick segmental arches above the openings. It features two 24-pane sash windows on the ground floor and two 20-pane sash windows on the first floor. The interior has not been inspected.
Polqueens is part of a group of similar houses that overlook a steep-sided combe leading down to Boscastle Harbour, alongside other houses such as Valley View, Lewarne, Meachard, Glenfinart, Penrowan, and Belmont.
Local climate
Polqueens sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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