Loose Box and Walled Pen Approx. 70 Metres South of Besowsa Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Agricultural building.
Loose Box and Walled Pen Approx. 70 Metres South of Besowsa Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- eternal-barrel-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1984
- Type
- Agricultural building
- OS grid reference
- SW 909 541
- Coordinates
- 50.34974, -4.93977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This loose box and walled pen, located approximately 70 metres south of Besowsa Farmhouse, dates from the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed from granite rubble with quoins and features a hipped slate roof. The building has a rectangular shape, with a wide door on the west side that opens into the pen, as well as a window and a ventilator opening positioned high in the south wall. A door from the pen leads into the main farmyard. The yard wall adjoins and forms one side of this structure, connecting it to other farm buildings that surround the courtyard.
Local climate
Loose Box and Walled Pen Approx. 70 Metres South of Besowsa Farmhouse 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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 0.2°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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