Watchmans Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1964. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Watchmans Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1964
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Watchmans Cottage, the Warren, Polperro, PL13 2RD
- OS grid reference
- SX 210 509
- Coordinates
- 50.33162, -4.51616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Watchman's Cottage is a cottage dating from the early 19th century, situated on the north side of The Warren, near Polperro. The exterior is constructed from painted stone rubble with a slate roof and gable ends. A brick chimney stack is situated on the right-hand gable. The windows have timber lintels. Originally, the cottage likely had a 1- or 2-room plan, with the front entrance positioned to the left. It is a two-storey building with a regular two-window front. On the ground floor are a 20th-century partly glazed door and a 19th-century 3-light casement window, both with long timber lintels. To the right is a 19th-century 1-light casement window with 15 panes. The first floor features a 20th-century cross window and a 19th-century 1-light casement window with 15 panes to the right. The right-hand gable end has a 20th-century cross window and a 2-light casement window with glazing bars above. The interior has not been inspected. The cottage is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Watchmans Cottage 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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 0.3°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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