Quay Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Cottage.
Quay Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusted-kitchen-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Quay Cottage, St. Endellion
- OS grid reference
- SW 971 805
- Coordinates
- 50.58938, -4.86773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Quay Cottage is a pair of attached cottages that have been converted into one dwelling, dating from the early 19th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble and features a slate roof with gable ends, along with rendered brick chimney stacks on the gable ends and a central axial brick stack added in the 20th century.
The cottage has a single depth plan and is built into the side of a hill, with the ground level being higher at the rear. Originally, the left cottage had a two-room layout with a central entrance, while the right cottage had a one-room layout with an entrance on the left.
It stands two storeys high and has a regular three-window front, showcasing original 16-pane hornless sash windows. The ground floor includes a part-glazed 20th-century door to the left in the original window opening, and a 16-pane sash window in the original entrance. There are two additional 16-pane sashes with a plank door between them, all of which are topped with brick segmental arches. The first floor features three 16-pane sashes.
The interior has not been inspected, but Quay Cottage remains largely unaltered and is situated on the north side of the unspoilt cove of Portquin.
Local climate
Quay Cottage 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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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