Wheal Vor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1972. Cottage.
Wheal Vor
- WRENN ID
- sharp-flue-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Wheal Vor, Tyringham Road, St. Ives
- OS grid reference
- SW 545 372
- Coordinates
- 50.18406, -5.44029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wheal Vor is an 18th-century cottage located on the south side of Tyringham Road in Lelant. The building is constructed of coursed granite and stands two storeys tall. It features two windows with flat architraves, which contain 19th-century sashes with vertical glazing bars. The entrance has a modern glazed door framed by a slate surround. The cottage is topped with a slate roof that has gable ends and is complemented by a large stone stack. Wheal Vor is part of a group that includes Porthgwidden, Curlew Cottage, and St Uny's Cottage.
Local climate
Wheal Vor 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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