Barn, Steps and Attached Wall at Methleigh Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 1979. Barn.

Barn, Steps and Attached Wall at Methleigh Farm

WRENN ID
distant-keep-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 July 1979
Type
Barn
Address
Barn, Steps and Attached Wall at Methleigh Farm, Breage Road, Porthleven
OS grid reference
SW 623 263
Coordinates
50.08989, -5.32329
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a barn, steps, and an attached wall at Methleigh Farm, dating from the mid-19th century. It is constructed from killas and granite rubble with granite dressings, topped by a grouted slate hipped roof. The barn has a rectangular plan and is two storeys high, featuring a symmetrical two-window front facing the yard, as well as a similar front facing away from the yard. There are two-light unglazed and unshuttered windows. On the right-hand side, there is a leat channel situated between the end wall and the steps, along with two doors at each end, which include loading doors that are ledged. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Barn, Steps and Attached Wall at Methleigh Farm receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 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 0.3°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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