Pigshouses Directly to North of Trethinna Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1988. Pigshouses.

Pigshouses Directly to North of Trethinna Farmhouse

WRENN ID
hushed-rafter-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1988
Type
Pigshouses
Address
Pigshouses Directly to North of Trethinna Farmhouse, Altarnun
OS grid reference
SX 248 825
Coordinates
50.6166, -4.47742
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of pigshouses located directly to the north of Trethinna Farmhouse, likely built in the early to mid 19th century. The structure is made of stone rubble and features a rag slate roof with gable ends. The pigshouses are arranged in a single storey row, with entrances on the north side facing the farmyard and feeding holes on the south side, which is near the rear door of the farmhouse. The front elevation has plank doors, while the rear elevation, which remains particularly unaltered, includes a plank door on the right and a row of four feeding holes to the left. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Pigshouses Directly to North of Trethinna Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 86% 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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