Fonston Cottage and Adjoining Outbuilding to Front Right is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1989. Cottage.
Fonston Cottage and Adjoining Outbuilding to Front Right
- WRENN ID
- silver-minaret-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SX 214 912
- Coordinates
- 50.6932, -4.52903
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fonston Cottage and the adjoining outbuilding to the front right are small structures, likely built in the early 18th century. They are made of rendered and painted stone rubble and cob, topped with a rag slate roof that has a half-hipped end on the left and a gable end on the right. The end stack on the right has been rebuilt in brick.
The layout consists of a two-room plan with a through passage, featuring an entrance to the left of center. The larger room on the right serves as a hall-kitchen, heated by the end stack, while the smaller room on the left is unheated. A porch from the 19th century has been added to the front, along with a 20th-century extension at the rear. There is also a 19th-century outbuilding located at the front right.
The exterior is two stories high and presents an asymmetrical front with two windows, both featuring complete 19th-century casements. The gabled stone rubble porch, dating from the 19th century, has a plank door to the left of center, flanked by two 2-light casements. On the first floor, there are two similar casements placed asymmetrically. A 20th-century garage has been added to the left side, while the 19th-century wall and outbuilding to the front right are made of rendered and painted stone rubble and cob, with a lean-to slate roof. The outbuilding contains a 19th-century 3-light casement.
Inside, the property remains unaltered. The entrance leads directly into the larger room on the right, with a partition on the left and a 20th-century fireplace.
Local climate
Fonston Cottage and Adjoining Outbuilding to Front Right sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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