Sophies and Penda is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1967. House, cottage.

Sophies and Penda

WRENN ID
shifting-cornice-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 1967
Type
House, cottage
Address
Sophies and Penda, Philleigh
OS grid reference
SW 881 390
Coordinates
50.21311, -4.97074
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sophies and Penda is a house and adjoining cottage from the 18th century, which was extended in the 20th century. The building features slatestone rubble and cob walls that are partly painted, topped with thatched roofs that have gable ends. There is one axial and two gable brick chimneys. The house has a central stair plan with two rooms, while the cottage has a one-room plan and a rear wing with a lower eaves line, as well as a single-storey extension to the right. The structure is otherwise two storeys tall.

The house, located on the left, has a symmetrical three-window front facing the road, with a central doorway that features a 20th-century door. The ground floor has 19th-century two-light casements with eight-paned lights, while the first floor has six-paned lights, all supported by wooden lintels. The cottage on the right has a one-window front, with 20th-century windows on the ground floor to the left, where there was formerly a doorway, and to the right. Above, there is a 12-pane, two-light casement window. Inside the house, there is an open beam ceiling and the original roof structure, though only the feet of the trusses are visible.

Local climate

Sophies and Penda receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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